The 1940 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election . All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Utah , like every other state west of the Continental Divide , voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democrat won the state more than twice. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 62.25 percent of the vote. The percentage, however, wasn’t as large as his victory in the state four years earlier . As of the 2020 presidential election [update] Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 1]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wendell Lewis Willkie Various candidates Margin Total votes cast[ 3] # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,303 54.18% 1,101 45.78% 1 0.04% 202 8.40% 2,405 Box Elder 4,736 59.30% 3,248 40.67% 2 0.03% 1,488 18.63% 7,986 Cache 7,867 60.25% 5,184 39.70% 7 0.05% 2,683 20.55% 13,058 Carbon 5,180 69.47% 2,242 30.07% 34 0.46% 2,938 39.40% 7,456 Daggett 160 62.50% 96 37.50% 0 0.00% 64 25.00% 256 Davis 3,865 57.63% 2,836 42.28% 6 0.09% 1,029 15.34% 6,707 Duchesne 1,982 59.92% 1,322 39.96% 4 0.12% 660 19.95% 3,308 Emery 1,901 65.13% 1,006 34.46% 12 0.41% 895 30.66% 2,919 Garfield 814 44.14% 1,030 55.86% 0 0.00% -216 -11.71% 1,844 Grand 446 50.62% 432 49.04% 3 0.34% 14 1.59% 881 Iron 1,915 47.90% 2,060 51.53% 23 0.58% -145 -3.63% 3,998 Juab 2,136 60.12% 1,412 39.74% 5 0.14% 724 20.38% 3,553 Kane 339 33.43% 675 66.57% 0 0.00% -336 -33.14% 1,014 Millard 2,302 54.10% 1,943 45.66% 10 0.24% 359 8.44% 4,255 Morgan 699 54.87% 575 45.13% 0 0.00% 124 9.73% 1,274 Piute 466 51.21% 442 48.57% 2 0.22% 24 2.64% 910 Rich 475 51.52% 447 48.48% 0 0.00% 28 3.04% 922 Salt Lake 67,318 65.40% 35,427 34.42% 181 0.18% 31,891 30.98% 102,926 San Juan 515 49.19% 528 50.43% 4 0.38% -13 -1.24% 1,047 Sanpete 3,524 48.61% 3,722 51.34% 4 0.06% -198 -2.73% 7,250 Sevier 2,521 48.22% 2,703 51.70% 4 0.08% -182 -3.48% 5,228 Summit 2,215 56.10% 1,730 43.82% 3 0.08% 485 12.28% 3,948 Tooele 2,625 63.90% 1,476 35.93% 7 0.17% 1,149 27.97% 4,108 Uintah 1,773 52.16% 1,624 47.78% 2 0.06% 149 4.38% 3,399 Utah 15,168 63.32% 8,740 36.48% 48 0.20% 6,428 26.83% 23,956 Wasatch 1,502 55.59% 1,199 44.37% 1 0.04% 303 11.21% 2,702 Washington 1,993 55.04% 1,625 44.88% 3 0.08% 368 10.16% 3,621 Wayne 500 56.75% 380 43.13% 1 0.11% 120 13.62% 881 Weber 18,037 69.35% 7,946 30.55% 24 0.09% 10,091 38.80% 26,007 Totals 154,277 62.25% 93,151 37.59% 391 0.16% 61,126 24.67% 247,819
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]
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