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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
South Carolina was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of Indiana. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.
Roosevelt won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 91.27%.
Results
Results by county
County |
Roosevelt# |
Roosevelt% |
Willkie# |
Willkie% |
Total votes cast[3] |
Abbeville |
1,007 |
96.92% |
32 |
3.08% |
1,039 |
Aiken |
2,772 |
96.89% |
89 |
3.11% |
2,861 |
Allendale |
905 |
96.79% |
30 |
3.21% |
935 |
Anderson |
3,763 |
97.77% |
86 |
2.23% |
3,849 |
Bamberg |
904 |
98.58% |
13 |
1.42% |
917 |
Barnwell |
1,845 |
99.30% |
13 |
0.70% |
1,858 |
Beaufort |
582 |
86.48% |
91 |
13.52% |
673 |
Berkeley |
490 |
84.34% |
91 |
15.66% |
581 |
Calhoun |
657 |
99.55% |
3 |
0.45% |
660 |
Charleston |
8,145 |
85.58% |
1,372 |
14.42% |
9,517 |
Cherokee |
2,069 |
98.29% |
36 |
1.71% |
2,105 |
Chester |
1,930 |
98.22% |
35 |
1.78% |
1,965 |
Chesterfield |
2,880 |
99.31% |
20 |
0.69% |
2,900 |
Clarendon |
1,154 |
95.53% |
54 |
4.47% |
1,208 |
Colleton |
1,197 |
94.85% |
65 |
5.15% |
1,262 |
Darlington |
1,395 |
95.88% |
60 |
4.12% |
1,455 |
Dillon |
868 |
97.20% |
25 |
2.80% |
893 |
Dorchester |
993 |
90.03% |
110 |
9.97% |
1,103 |
Edgefield |
1,065 |
99.16% |
9 |
0.84% |
1,074 |
Fairfield |
848 |
97.70% |
20 |
2.30% |
868 |
Florence |
2,597 |
96.47% |
95 |
3.53% |
2,692 |
Georgetown |
1,503 |
90.65% |
155 |
9.35% |
1,658 |
Greenville |
8,118 |
94.05% |
514 |
5.95% |
8,632 |
Greenwood |
2,914 |
98.68% |
39 |
1.32% |
2,953 |
Hampton |
1,198 |
98.04% |
24 |
1.96% |
1,222 |
Horry |
2,111 |
92.79% |
164 |
7.21% |
2,275 |
Jasper |
418 |
91.07% |
41 |
8.93% |
459 |
Kershaw |
1,174 |
98.32% |
20 |
1.68% |
1,194 |
Lancaster |
3,205 |
99.57% |
14 |
0.43% |
3,219 |
Laurens |
2,697 |
98.54% |
40 |
1.46% |
2,737 |
Lee |
825 |
97.63% |
20 |
2.37% |
845 |
Lexington |
1,496 |
98.88% |
17 |
1.12% |
1,513 |
Marion |
716 |
97.55% |
18 |
2.45% |
734 |
Marlboro |
526 |
97.59% |
13 |
2.41% |
539 |
McCormick |
419 |
97.44% |
11 |
2.56% |
430 |
Newberry |
1,739 |
98.03% |
35 |
1.97% |
1,774 |
Oconee |
1,593 |
91.76% |
143 |
8.24% |
1,736 |
Orangeburg |
2,356 |
97.68% |
56 |
2.32% |
2,412 |
Pickens |
2,122 |
96.54% |
76 |
3.46% |
2,198 |
Richland |
4,781 |
96.62% |
167 |
3.38% |
4,948 |
Saluda |
1,115 |
98.67% |
15 |
1.33% |
1,130 |
Spartanburg |
9,119 |
97.35% |
248 |
2.65% |
9,367 |
Union |
3,662 |
99.21% |
29 |
0.79% |
3,691 |
Williamsburg |
1,089 |
96.97% |
34 |
3.03% |
1,123 |
York |
2,508 |
95.51% |
118 |
4.49% |
2,626 |
Sumter[lower-alpha 2] |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
N/A |
0 |
Totals |
95,470 |
95.63% |
4,360 |
4.37% |
99,832[lower-alpha 3] |
Notes
- ↑ Willkie total is a fusion of 2,496 "Jeffersonian Democratic", 1,727 "Republican" and 137 "Tolbert" elector ticket votes
- ↑ No returns were canvassed for Sumter County and voters in this county were listed in neighbouring counties
- ↑ There were two write-in votes for Prohibition Party nominee Roger Ward Babson not tabulated by county.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 399 ISBN 0405077114
- ↑ Scammon (compiler); America at the Polls; p. 395
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