Arkansas — 1940 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1940 presidential electionArkansas · PresidentRooseveltD+57.4
How it voted
Share of the 1940 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 78.4% | 157,213 |
|---|---|---|
| Wendell WillkieRepublican | 21.0% | 42,122 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.5% | 1,094 |
1940presidential margin
D+60R+60
75 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Arkansas cast 9 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (75 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County, AR | Democratic | D+51.2 |
| Ashley County, AR | Democratic | D+81.6 |
| Baxter County, AR | Democratic | D+27.3 |
| Benton County, AR | Democratic | D+10.7 |
| Boone County, AR | Democratic | D+44.2 |
| Bradley County, AR | Democratic | D+87.9 |
| Calhoun County, AR | Democratic | D+89.8 |
| Carroll County, AR | Democratic | D+19.5 |
| Chicot County, AR | Democratic | D+81.5 |
| Clark County, AR | Democratic | D+72.9 |
| Clay County, AR | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Cleburne County, AR | Democratic | D+37.8 |
| Cleveland County, AR | Democratic | D+88.8 |
| Columbia County, AR | Democratic | D+87.6 |
| Conway County, AR | Democratic | D+76.7 |
| Craighead County, AR | Democratic | D+55.5 |
| Crawford County, AR | Democratic | D+38.4 |
| Crittenden County, AR | Democratic | D+92.8 |
| Cross County, AR | Democratic | D+71.8 |
| Dallas County, AR | Democratic | D+80.2 |
| Desha County, AR | Democratic | D+80.2 |
| Drew County, AR | Democratic | D+77.9 |
| Faulkner County, AR | Democratic | D+65.8 |
| Franklin County, AR | Democratic | D+66.7 |
| Fulton County, AR | Democratic | D+42.7 |
| Garland County, AR | Democratic | D+40.0 |
| Grant County, AR | Democratic | D+73.4 |
| Greene County, AR | Democratic | D+62.5 |
| Hempstead County, AR | Democratic | D+74.3 |
| Hot Spring County, AR | Democratic | D+56.3 |
| Howard County, AR | Democratic | D+56.8 |
| Independence County, AR | Democratic | D+41.9 |
| Izard County, AR | Democratic | D+48.5 |
| Jackson County, AR | Democratic | D+70.1 |
| Jefferson County, AR | Democratic | D+73.2 |
| Johnson County, AR | Democratic | D+63.3 |
| Lafayette County, AR | Democratic | D+77.7 |
| Lawrence County, AR | Democratic | D+48.6 |
| Lee County, AR | Democratic | D+81.8 |
| Lincoln County, AR | Democratic | D+79.7 |
| Little River County, AR | Democratic | D+59.5 |
| Logan County, AR | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Lonoke County, AR | Democratic | D+70.8 |
| Madison County, AR | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Marion County, AR | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Miller County, AR | Democratic | D+68.2 |
| Mississippi County, AR | Democratic | D+78.8 |
| Monroe County, AR | Democratic | D+84.1 |
| Montgomery County, AR | Democratic | D+43.2 |
| Nevada County, AR | Democratic | D+72.1 |
| Newton County, AR | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Ouachita County, AR | Democratic | D+82.3 |
| Perry County, AR | Democratic | D+58.3 |
| Phillips County, AR | Democratic | D+80.2 |
| Pike County, AR | Democratic | D+39.0 |
| Poinsett County, AR | Democratic | D+72.0 |
| Polk County, AR | Democratic | D+36.1 |
| Pope County, AR | Democratic | D+65.7 |
| Prairie County, AR | Democratic | D+52.1 |
| Pulaski County, AR | Democratic | D+65.4 |
| Randolph County, AR | Democratic | D+55.7 |
| Saline County, AR | Democratic | D+75.0 |
| Scott County, AR | Democratic | D+47.2 |
| Searcy County, AR | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Sebastian County, AR | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Sevier County, AR | Democratic | D+64.5 |
| Sharp County, AR | Democratic | D+43.3 |
| St. Francis County, AR | Democratic | D+78.1 |
| Stone County, AR | Democratic | D+22.5 |
| Union County, AR | Democratic | D+81.4 |
| Van Buren County, AR | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Washington County, AR | Democratic | D+22.2 |
| White County, AR | Democratic | D+58.2 |
| Woodruff County, AR | Democratic | D+73.4 |
| Yell County, AR | Democratic | D+81.6 |
Arkansas results by county
75 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,603 | 2,34574.9% | 74223.7% | 00.0% | 3,132 |
| Ashley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,651 | 1,83590.7% | 1849.1% | 00.0% | 2,023 |
| Baxter County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+370 | 85963.4% | 48936.1% | 00.0% | 1,355 |
| Benton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+480 | 2,44254.6% | 1,96243.9% | 00.0% | 4,473 |
| Boone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,268 | 2,05471.6% | 78627.4% | 00.0% | 2,869 |
| Bradley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,816 | 1,93993.9% | 1236.0% | 00.0% | 2,066 |
| Calhoun County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+774 | 81894.9% | 445.1% | 00.0% | 862 |
| Carroll County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+523 | 1,60459.7% | 1,08140.2% | 00.0% | 2,687 |
| Chicot County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,431 | 1,59290.7% | 1619.2% | 00.0% | 1,755 |
| Clark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,697 | 2,00886.3% | 31113.4% | 00.0% | 2,327 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+647 | 1,67660.3% | 1,02937.0% | 00.0% | 2,779 |
| Cleburne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+460 | 83468.5% | 37430.7% | 00.0% | 1,218 |
| Cleveland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+931 | 98994.4% | 585.5% | 00.0% | 1,048 |
| Columbia County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,121 | 2,27093.7% | 1496.2% | 00.0% | 2,422 |
| Conway County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,795 | 2,06788.3% | 27211.6% | 00.0% | 2,340 |
| Craighead County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,365 | 3,30077.4% | 93521.9% | 00.0% | 4,262 |
| Crawford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+890 | 1,58168.2% | 69129.8% | 00.0% | 2,318 |
| Crittenden County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,894 | 1,96696.4% | 723.5% | 00.0% | 2,040 |
| Cross County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,461 | 1,74685.8% | 28514.0% | 00.0% | 2,035 |
| Dallas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,177 | 1,29588.3% | 1188.0% | 00.0% | 1,467 |
| Desha County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,224 | 1,37089.8% | 1469.6% | 00.0% | 1,526 |
| Drew County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,177 | 1,32988.0% | 15210.1% | 00.0% | 1,511 |
| Faulkner County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,016 | 2,53582.7% | 51916.9% | 00.0% | 3,066 |
| Franklin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,282 | 1,60183.3% | 31916.6% | 00.0% | 1,922 |
| Fulton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+505 | 83870.8% | 33328.1% | 00.0% | 1,183 |
| Garland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,911 | 3,33569.9% | 1,42429.8% | 00.0% | 4,772 |
| Grant County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+883 | 1,04386.7% | 16013.3% | 00.0% | 1,203 |
| Greene County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,710 | 2,22081.2% | 51018.6% | 00.0% | 2,735 |
| Hempstead County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,399 | 2,81487.1% | 41512.9% | 00.0% | 3,229 |
| Hot Spring County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,248 | 1,73078.0% | 48221.7% | 00.0% | 2,217 |
| Howard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,121 | 1,54078.1% | 41921.2% | 00.0% | 1,973 |
| Independence County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,348 | 2,27670.7% | 92828.8% | 00.0% | 3,220 |
| Izard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+692 | 1,05874.2% | 36625.7% | 00.0% | 1,426 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,841 | 2,22384.6% | 38214.5% | 00.0% | 2,628 |
| Jefferson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,242 | 3,82986.5% | 58713.3% | 00.0% | 4,429 |
| Johnson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,111 | 1,42981.4% | 31818.1% | 00.0% | 1,756 |
| Lafayette County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,193 | 1,35288.0% | 15910.4% | 00.0% | 1,536 |
| Lawrence County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,632 | 2,48473.9% | 85225.4% | 00.0% | 3,360 |
| Lee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+991 | 1,10090.8% | 1099.0% | 00.0% | 1,212 |
| Lincoln County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+817 | 91689.4% | 999.7% | 00.0% | 1,025 |
| Little River County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+828 | 1,10479.3% | 27619.8% | 00.0% | 1,392 |
| Logan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,766 | 2,83172.7% | 1,06527.3% | 00.0% | 3,896 |
| Lonoke County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,576 | 1,89985.3% | 32314.5% | 00.0% | 2,225 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+89 | 2,19651.0% | 2,10748.9% | 00.0% | 4,308 |
| Marion County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+544 | 86471.9% | 32026.6% | 00.0% | 1,201 |
| Miller County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,456 | 3,01983.9% | 56315.6% | 00.0% | 3,599 |
| Mississippi County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,641 | 5,25789.2% | 61610.5% | 00.0% | 5,891 |
| Monroe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,366 | 1,49492.0% | 1287.9% | 00.0% | 1,624 |
| Montgomery County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+612 | 1,01271.4% | 40028.2% | 00.0% | 1,417 |
| Nevada County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,175 | 1,39985.8% | 22413.7% | 00.0% | 1,630 |
| Newton County | Wendell Willkie+190 | 1,20245.9% | 1,39253.2% | 00.0% | 2,618 |
| Ouachita County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,667 | 2,95191.1% | 2848.8% | 00.0% | 3,240 |
| Perry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+577 | 78379.1% | 20620.8% | 00.0% | 990 |
| Phillips County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,990 | 2,23590.1% | 2459.9% | 00.0% | 2,480 |
| Pike County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+550 | 97469.1% | 42430.1% | 00.0% | 1,409 |
| Poinsett County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,468 | 4,13885.9% | 67013.9% | 00.0% | 4,817 |
| Polk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+670 | 1,25567.5% | 58531.5% | 00.0% | 1,858 |
| Pope County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,995 | 3,76582.5% | 77016.9% | 00.0% | 4,561 |
| Prairie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+733 | 1,06975.9% | 33623.9% | 00.0% | 1,408 |
| Pulaski County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+11,264 | 14,21982.5% | 2,95517.2% | 00.0% | 17,230 |
| Randolph County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,213 | 1,68777.4% | 47421.8% | 00.0% | 2,179 |
| Saline County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,689 | 1,96387.2% | 27412.2% | 00.0% | 2,251 |
| Scott County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+639 | 99273.3% | 35326.1% | 00.0% | 1,353 |
| Searcy County | Wendell Willkie+310 | 98243.1% | 1,29256.7% | 00.0% | 2,278 |
| Sebastian County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,281 | 5,24972.4% | 1,96827.2% | 00.0% | 7,246 |
| Sevier County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,081 | 1,37482.0% | 29317.5% | 00.0% | 1,675 |
| Sharp County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+666 | 1,09971.5% | 43328.2% | 00.0% | 1,537 |
| St. Francis County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,479 | 1,67188.2% | 19210.1% | 00.0% | 1,894 |
| Stone County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+238 | 64460.9% | 40638.4% | 00.0% | 1,057 |
| Union County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,353 | 4,84290.6% | 4899.1% | 00.0% | 5,345 |
| Van Buren County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+666 | 1,06872.7% | 40227.3% | 00.0% | 1,470 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,054 | 2,87360.5% | 1,81938.3% | 00.0% | 4,750 |
| White County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,469 | 3,34578.8% | 87620.6% | 00.0% | 4,245 |
| Woodruff County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,087 | 1,28086.4% | 19313.0% | 00.0% | 1,481 |
| Yell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,012 | 2,23690.6% | 2249.1% | 00.0% | 2,467 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)
Arkansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +27.6% |
| 1896 | +48.6% |
| 1900 | +28.5% |
| 1904 | +15.2% |
| 1908 | +20.3% |
| 1912 | +35.9% |
| 1916 | +40.9% |
| 1920 | +18.9% |
| 1924 | +31.9% |
| 1928 | +20.9% |
| 1932 | +73.9% |
| 1936 | +63.9% |
| 1940 | +57.4% |
| 1944 | +40.1% |
| 1948 | +40.7% |
| 1952 | +12.1% |
| 1956 | +6.6% |
| 1960 | +7.1% |
| 1964 | +12.7% |
| 1968 | −0.4% |
| 1972 | −38.1% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | −0.6% |
| 1984 | −22.2% |
| 1988 | −14.2% |
| 1992 | +17.7% |
| 1996 | +16.9% |
| 2000 | −5.4% |
| 2004 | −9.8% |
| 2008 | −19.9% |
| 2012 | −23.7% |
| 2016 | −27.8% |
| 2020 | −27.6% |
| 2024 | −30.6% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1940 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.