North Carolina — 1940 presidential election
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Akashicstate1940 presidential electionNorth Carolina · PresidentRooseveltD+48.1
How it voted
Share of the 1940 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 74.0% | 609,015 |
|---|---|---|
| Wendell WillkieRepublican | 26.0% | 213,633 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1940presidential margin
D+60R+60
100 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
North Carolina cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (100 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Alamance County, NC | Democratic | D+54.3 |
| Alexander County, NC | Democratic | D+10.5 |
| Alleghany County, NC | Democratic | D+23.2 |
| Anson County, NC | Democratic | D+84.9 |
| Ashe County, NC | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Avery County, NC | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Beaufort County, NC | Democratic | D+71.0 |
| Bertie County, NC | Democratic | D+94.2 |
| Bladen County, NC | Democratic | D+68.7 |
| Brunswick County, NC | Democratic | D+28.2 |
| Buncombe County, NC | Democratic | D+48.1 |
| Burke County, NC | Democratic | D+19.4 |
| Cabarrus County, NC | Democratic | D+64.1 |
| Caldwell County, NC | Democratic | D+35.6 |
| Camden County, NC | Democratic | D+75.5 |
| Carteret County, NC | Democratic | D+37.1 |
| Caswell County, NC | Democratic | D+73.9 |
| Catawba County, NC | Democratic | D+33.0 |
| Chatham County, NC | Democratic | D+37.5 |
| Cherokee County, NC | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| Chowan County, NC | Democratic | D+89.4 |
| Clay County, NC | Democratic | D+6.9 |
| Cleveland County, NC | Democratic | D+65.2 |
| Columbus County, NC | Democratic | D+72.7 |
| Craven County, NC | Democratic | D+77.4 |
| Cumberland County, NC | Democratic | D+68.8 |
| Currituck County, NC | Democratic | D+87.5 |
| Dare County, NC | Democratic | D+58.8 |
| Davidson County, NC | Democratic | D+22.7 |
| Davie County, NC | Democratic | D+6.7 |
| Duplin County, NC | Democratic | D+62.1 |
| Durham County, NC | Democratic | D+71.2 |
| Edgecombe County, NC | Democratic | D+91.9 |
| Forsyth County, NC | Democratic | D+48.7 |
| Franklin County, NC | Democratic | D+90.8 |
| Gaston County, NC | Democratic | D+60.2 |
| Gates County, NC | Democratic | D+85.6 |
| Graham County, NC | Democratic | D+12.6 |
| Granville County, NC | Democratic | D+89.7 |
| Greene County, NC | Democratic | D+93.3 |
| Guilford County, NC | Democratic | D+46.2 |
| Halifax County, NC | Democratic | D+91.3 |
| Harnett County, NC | Democratic | D+48.7 |
| Haywood County, NC | Democratic | D+57.1 |
| Henderson County, NC | Democratic | D+26.1 |
| Hertford County, NC | Democratic | D+92.8 |
| Hoke County, NC | Democratic | D+88.4 |
| Hyde County, NC | Democratic | D+59.1 |
| Iredell County, NC | Democratic | D+46.0 |
| Jackson County, NC | Democratic | D+30.9 |
| Johnston County, NC | Democratic | D+40.8 |
| Jones County, NC | Democratic | D+70.9 |
| Lee County, NC | Democratic | D+75.0 |
| Lenoir County, NC | Democratic | D+86.8 |
| Lincoln County, NC | Democratic | D+22.5 |
| Macon County, NC | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Madison County, NC | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Martin County, NC | Democratic | D+95.5 |
| McDowell County, NC | Democratic | D+41.0 |
| Mecklenburg County, NC | Democratic | D+60.8 |
| Mitchell County, NC | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Montgomery County, NC | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Moore County, NC | Democratic | D+25.2 |
| Nash County, NC | Democratic | D+86.5 |
| New Hanover County, NC | Democratic | D+68.1 |
| Northampton County, NC | Democratic | D+94.7 |
| Onslow County, NC | Democratic | D+79.6 |
| Orange County, NC | Democratic | D+53.9 |
| Pamlico County, NC | Democratic | D+33.0 |
| Pasquotank County, NC | Democratic | D+73.5 |
| Pender County, NC | Democratic | D+76.1 |
| Perquimans County, NC | Democratic | D+67.5 |
| Person County, NC | Democratic | D+76.5 |
| Pitt County, NC | Democratic | D+92.9 |
| Polk County, NC | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Randolph County, NC | Democratic | D+9.0 |
| Richmond County, NC | Democratic | D+78.7 |
| Robeson County, NC | Democratic | D+81.7 |
| Rockingham County, NC | Democratic | D+65.0 |
| Rowan County, NC | Democratic | D+52.5 |
| Rutherford County, NC | Democratic | D+35.7 |
| Sampson County, NC | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Scotland County, NC | Democratic | D+84.5 |
| Stanly County, NC | Democratic | D+16.1 |
| Stokes County, NC | Democratic | D+22.4 |
| Surry County, NC | Democratic | D+36.0 |
| Swain County, NC | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Transylvania County, NC | Democratic | D+24.3 |
| Tyrrell County, NC | Democratic | D+46.6 |
| Union County, NC | Democratic | D+83.8 |
| Vance County, NC | Democratic | D+83.6 |
| Wake County, NC | Democratic | D+74.3 |
| Warren County, NC | Democratic | D+83.1 |
| Washington County, NC | Democratic | D+65.3 |
| Watauga County, NC | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Wayne County, NC | Democratic | D+62.8 |
| Wilkes County, NC | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Wilson County, NC | Democratic | D+86.3 |
| Yadkin County, NC | Republican | R+5.4 |
| Yancey County, NC | Democratic | D+16.2 |
North Carolina results by county
100 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,047 | 11,42977.2% | 3,38222.8% | 00.0% | 14,811 |
| Alexander County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+522 | 2,73955.3% | 2,21744.7% | 00.0% | 4,956 |
| Alleghany County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+735 | 1,95261.6% | 1,21738.4% | 00.0% | 3,169 |
| Anson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,181 | 4,55292.5% | 3717.5% | 00.0% | 4,923 |
| Ashe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+541 | 4,71653.0% | 4,17547.0% | 00.0% | 8,891 |
| Avery County | Wendell Willkie+1,750 | 1,19428.9% | 2,94471.1% | 00.0% | 4,138 |
| Beaufort County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,592 | 5,52885.5% | 93614.5% | 00.0% | 6,464 |
| Bertie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,189 | 3,28797.1% | 982.9% | 00.0% | 3,385 |
| Bladen County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,382 | 2,92584.3% | 54315.7% | 00.0% | 3,468 |
| Brunswick County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,195 | 2,71764.1% | 1,52235.9% | 00.0% | 4,239 |
| Buncombe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+16,155 | 24,87874.0% | 8,72326.0% | 00.0% | 33,601 |
| Burke County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,353 | 7,24259.7% | 4,88940.3% | 00.0% | 12,131 |
| Cabarrus County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+9,197 | 11,77682.0% | 2,57918.0% | 00.0% | 14,355 |
| Caldwell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,329 | 6,33467.8% | 3,00532.2% | 00.0% | 9,339 |
| Camden County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+827 | 96187.8% | 13412.2% | 00.0% | 1,095 |
| Carteret County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,107 | 3,89668.5% | 1,78931.5% | 00.0% | 5,685 |
| Caswell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,984 | 2,33586.9% | 35113.1% | 00.0% | 2,686 |
| Catawba County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,577 | 11,23366.5% | 5,65633.5% | 00.0% | 16,889 |
| Chatham County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,196 | 4,02568.8% | 1,82931.2% | 00.0% | 5,854 |
| Cherokee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+506 | 3,18054.3% | 2,67445.7% | 00.0% | 5,854 |
| Chowan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,460 | 1,54794.7% | 875.3% | 00.0% | 1,634 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+173 | 1,34953.4% | 1,17646.6% | 00.0% | 2,525 |
| Cleveland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,376 | 9,34682.6% | 1,97017.4% | 00.0% | 11,316 |
| Columbus County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,966 | 5,90086.3% | 93413.7% | 00.0% | 6,834 |
| Craven County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,290 | 4,91688.7% | 62611.3% | 00.0% | 5,542 |
| Cumberland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,932 | 6,05084.4% | 1,11815.6% | 00.0% | 7,168 |
| Currituck County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,430 | 1,53293.8% | 1026.2% | 00.0% | 1,634 |
| Dare County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+899 | 1,21479.4% | 31520.6% | 00.0% | 1,529 |
| Davidson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,106 | 11,08461.4% | 6,97838.6% | 00.0% | 18,062 |
| Davie County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+364 | 2,89653.4% | 2,53246.6% | 00.0% | 5,428 |
| Duplin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,134 | 5,39481.1% | 1,26018.9% | 00.0% | 6,654 |
| Durham County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+12,319 | 14,81085.6% | 2,49114.4% | 00.0% | 17,301 |
| Edgecombe County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,200 | 7,51696.0% | 3164.0% | 00.0% | 7,832 |
| Forsyth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+13,539 | 20,66474.4% | 7,12525.6% | 00.0% | 27,789 |
| Franklin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,497 | 4,72495.4% | 2274.6% | 00.0% | 4,951 |
| Gaston County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+12,968 | 17,26280.1% | 4,29419.9% | 00.0% | 21,556 |
| Gates County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,280 | 1,38892.8% | 1087.2% | 00.0% | 1,496 |
| Graham County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+315 | 1,40456.3% | 1,08943.7% | 00.0% | 2,493 |
| Granville County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,711 | 3,92494.9% | 2135.1% | 00.0% | 4,137 |
| Greene County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,886 | 2,99096.6% | 1043.4% | 00.0% | 3,094 |
| Guilford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+16,795 | 26,56573.1% | 9,77026.9% | 00.0% | 36,335 |
| Halifax County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,621 | 7,98295.7% | 3614.3% | 00.0% | 8,343 |
| Harnett County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,322 | 6,60274.3% | 2,28025.7% | 00.0% | 8,882 |
| Haywood County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+6,274 | 8,63178.5% | 2,35721.5% | 00.0% | 10,988 |
| Henderson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,624 | 6,33663.1% | 3,71236.9% | 00.0% | 10,048 |
| Hertford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,372 | 2,46496.4% | 923.6% | 00.0% | 2,556 |
| Hoke County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,787 | 1,90494.2% | 1175.8% | 00.0% | 2,021 |
| Hyde County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+893 | 1,20279.5% | 30920.5% | 00.0% | 1,511 |
| Iredell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+6,508 | 10,32873.0% | 3,82027.0% | 00.0% | 14,148 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,153 | 4,56365.4% | 2,41034.6% | 00.0% | 6,973 |
| Johnston County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,784 | 9,97670.4% | 4,19229.6% | 00.0% | 14,168 |
| Jones County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,138 | 1,37185.5% | 23314.5% | 00.0% | 1,604 |
| Lee County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,155 | 3,68287.5% | 52712.5% | 00.0% | 4,209 |
| Lenoir County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,807 | 6,24793.4% | 4406.6% | 00.0% | 6,687 |
| Lincoln County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,802 | 4,90161.3% | 3,09938.7% | 00.0% | 8,000 |
| Macon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+629 | 2,94156.0% | 2,31244.0% | 00.0% | 5,253 |
| Madison County | Wendell Willkie+1,446 | 3,17140.7% | 4,61759.3% | 00.0% | 7,788 |
| Martin County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,522 | 4,62897.8% | 1062.2% | 00.0% | 4,734 |
| McDowell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,074 | 5,29070.5% | 2,21629.5% | 00.0% | 7,506 |
| Mecklenburg County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+21,755 | 28,76880.4% | 7,01319.6% | 00.0% | 35,781 |
| Mitchell County | Wendell Willkie+1,840 | 1,45030.6% | 3,29069.4% | 00.0% | 4,740 |
| Montgomery County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,218 | 3,00762.7% | 1,78937.3% | 00.0% | 4,796 |
| Moore County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,743 | 4,33062.6% | 2,58737.4% | 00.0% | 6,917 |
| Nash County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,843 | 8,45693.2% | 6136.8% | 00.0% | 9,069 |
| New Hanover County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+6,965 | 8,60084.0% | 1,63516.0% | 00.0% | 10,235 |
| Northampton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,721 | 3,82697.3% | 1052.7% | 00.0% | 3,931 |
| Onslow County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,112 | 2,38389.8% | 27110.2% | 00.0% | 2,654 |
| Orange County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,573 | 3,67377.0% | 1,10023.0% | 00.0% | 4,773 |
| Pamlico County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+718 | 1,44866.5% | 73033.5% | 00.0% | 2,178 |
| Pasquotank County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,808 | 3,31486.8% | 50613.2% | 00.0% | 3,820 |
| Pender County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,944 | 2,24988.1% | 30511.9% | 00.0% | 2,554 |
| Perquimans County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+948 | 1,17683.8% | 22816.2% | 00.0% | 1,404 |
| Person County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,807 | 3,23988.2% | 43211.8% | 00.0% | 3,671 |
| Pitt County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+9,698 | 10,06796.5% | 3693.5% | 00.0% | 10,436 |
| Polk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+926 | 2,45461.6% | 1,52838.4% | 00.0% | 3,982 |
| Randolph County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,399 | 8,45554.5% | 7,05645.5% | 00.0% | 15,511 |
| Richmond County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,751 | 6,53089.3% | 77910.7% | 00.0% | 7,309 |
| Robeson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,320 | 9,25190.9% | 9319.1% | 00.0% | 10,182 |
| Rockingham County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,917 | 11,31582.5% | 2,39817.5% | 00.0% | 13,713 |
| Rowan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+8,964 | 13,02376.2% | 4,05923.8% | 00.0% | 17,082 |
| Rutherford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,665 | 8,86967.8% | 4,20432.2% | 00.0% | 13,073 |
| Sampson County | Wendell Willkie+662 | 5,10747.0% | 5,76953.0% | 00.0% | 10,876 |
| Scotland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,731 | 2,98192.3% | 2507.7% | 00.0% | 3,231 |
| Stanly County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,752 | 6,32158.0% | 4,56942.0% | 00.0% | 10,890 |
| Stokes County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,562 | 4,27461.2% | 2,71238.8% | 00.0% | 6,986 |
| Surry County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,693 | 8,87168.0% | 4,17832.0% | 00.0% | 13,049 |
| Swain County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+997 | 2,42263.0% | 1,42537.0% | 00.0% | 3,847 |
| Transylvania County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,293 | 3,31262.1% | 2,01937.9% | 00.0% | 5,331 |
| Tyrrell County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+725 | 1,14073.3% | 41526.7% | 00.0% | 1,555 |
| Union County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+6,545 | 7,17991.9% | 6348.1% | 00.0% | 7,813 |
| Vance County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,872 | 4,25291.8% | 3808.2% | 00.0% | 4,632 |
| Wake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+15,418 | 18,08387.2% | 2,66512.8% | 00.0% | 20,748 |
| Warren County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,429 | 2,67691.5% | 2478.5% | 00.0% | 2,923 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,362 | 1,72482.6% | 36217.4% | 00.0% | 2,086 |
| Watauga County | Wendell Willkie+124 | 3,61549.2% | 3,73950.8% | 00.0% | 7,354 |
| Wayne County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+5,573 | 7,22281.4% | 1,64918.6% | 00.0% | 8,871 |
| Wilkes County | Wendell Willkie+1,147 | 7,29946.4% | 8,44653.6% | 00.0% | 15,745 |
| Wilson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+7,328 | 7,91293.1% | 5846.9% | 00.0% | 8,496 |
| Yadkin County | Wendell Willkie+417 | 3,66047.3% | 4,07752.7% | 00.0% | 7,737 |
| Yancey County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+973 | 3,48958.1% | 2,51641.9% | 00.0% | 6,005 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)
North Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +11.6% |
| 1896 | +5.8% |
| 1900 | +8.5% |
| 1904 | +20.1% |
| 1908 | +8.7% |
| 1912 | +47.3% |
| 1916 | +16.4% |
| 1920 | +13.5% |
| 1924 | +19.4% |
| 1928 | −9.9% |
| 1932 | +40.6% |
| 1936 | +46.8% |
| 1940 | +48.1% |
| 1944 | +33.4% |
| 1948 | +25.3% |
| 1952 | +7.8% |
| 1956 | +1.3% |
| 1960 | +4.2% |
| 1964 | +12.3% |
| 1968 | −10.3% |
| 1972 | −40.6% |
| 1976 | +11.0% |
| 1980 | −2.1% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −16.3% |
| 1992 | −0.8% |
| 1996 | −4.7% |
| 2000 | −12.8% |
| 2004 | −12.4% |
| 2008 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | −2.0% |
| 2016 | −3.7% |
| 2020 | −1.3% |
| 2024 | −3.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1940 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.