1940 United States presidential election in Virginia County results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Willkie
50-60%
60-70%
The 1940 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1940. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt , over the Republican nominee, businessman Wendell Willkie . Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 54.74% of the vote. The election would be the last time Fairfax County , Virginia's most populous county would vote Democratic until 2004 apart from 1964 . As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time the Democratic nominee has won the counties of Greene ,[ 1] Madison [ 2] and Wythe .[ 3] It also proved the last time the Democrats would win Montgomery County until Bill Clinton did so in 1992 .[ 4]
County or Independent City[ 7] Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast[ 8] # % # % # % # % Accomack County 1,476 62.38% 882 37.28% 8 0.34% 594 25.11% 2,366 Albemarle County 1,648 67.05% 804 32.71% 6 0.24% 844 34.34% 2,458 Alleghany County 2,153 64.67% 1,164 34.97% 12 0.36% 989 29.71% 3,329 Amelia County 562 67.63% 267 32.13% 2 0.24% 295 35.50% 831 Amherst County 2,048 87.26% 292 12.44% 7 0.30% 1,756 74.82% 2,347 Appomattox County 1,144 83.93% 215 15.77% 4 0.29% 929 68.16% 1,363 Arlington County 5,440 55.16% 4,365 44.26% 57 0.58% 1,075 10.90% 9,862 Augusta County 2,774 60.78% 1,768 38.74% 22 0.48% 1,006 22.04% 4,564 Bath County 630 54.17% 527 45.31% 6 0.52% 103 8.86% 1,163 Bedford County 2,535 75.90% 791 23.68% 14 0.42% 1,744 52.22% 3,340 Bland County 753 51.97% 693 47.83% 3 0.21% 60 4.14% 1,449 Botetourt County 1,329 54.87% 1,085 44.80% 8 0.33% 244 10.07% 2,422 Brunswick County 1,288 88.46% 164 11.26% 4 0.27% 1,124 77.20% 1,456 Buchanan County 2,554 66.37% 1,291 33.55% 3 0.08% 1,263 32.82% 3,848 Buckingham County 829 73.82% 289 25.73% 5 0.45% 540 48.09% 1,123 Campbell County 2,358 83.65% 456 16.18% 5 0.18% 1,902 67.47% 2,819 Caroline County 1,136 78.51% 305 21.08% 6 0.41% 831 57.43% 1,447 Carroll County 1,546 45.66% 1,835 54.19% 5 0.15% -289 -8.54% 3,386 Charles City County 238 72.12% 92 27.88% 0 0.00% 146 44.24% 330 Charlotte County 1,467 85.24% 251 14.58% 3 0.17% 1,216 70.66% 1,721 Chesterfield County 3,354 78.71% 879 20.63% 28 0.66% 2,475 58.08% 4,261 Clarke County 1,043 75.58% 333 24.13% 4 0.29% 710 51.45% 1,380 Craig County 656 68.55% 299 31.24% 2 0.21% 357 37.30% 957 Culpeper County 1,208 67.34% 579 32.27% 7 0.39% 629 35.06% 1,794 Cumberland County 396 70.84% 157 28.09% 6 1.07% 239 42.75% 559 Dickenson County 2,551 58.74% 1,785 41.10% 7 0.16% 766 17.64% 4,343 Dinwiddie County 1,129 80.64% 264 18.86% 7 0.50% 865 61.79% 1,400 Elizabeth City County 2,337 77.90% 652 21.73% 11 0.37% 1,685 56.17% 3,000 Essex County 547 78.93% 145 20.92% 1 0.14% 402 58.01% 693 Fairfax County 3,263 57.65% 2,371 41.89% 26 0.46% 892 15.76% 5,660 Fauquier County 1,874 71.07% 756 28.67% 7 0.27% 1,118 42.40% 2,637 Floyd County 729 32.93% 1,482 66.94% 3 0.14% -753 -34.01% 2,214 Fluvanna County 579 70.52% 241 29.35% 1 0.12% 338 41.17% 821 Franklin County 2,037 68.63% 925 31.17% 6 0.20% 1,112 37.47% 2,968 Frederick County 1,631 67.79% 773 32.13% 2 0.08% 858 35.66% 2,406 Giles County 1,716 62.54% 1,024 37.32% 4 0.15% 692 25.22% 2,744 Gloucester County 937 79.41% 241 20.42% 2 0.17% 696 58.98% 1,180 Goochland County 820 81.67% 180 17.93% 4 0.40% 640 63.75% 1,004 Grayson County 2,703 48.91% 2,806 50.78% 17 0.31% -103 -1.86% 5,526 Greene County 363 56.28% 282 43.72% 0 0.00% 81 12.56% 645 Greensville County 843 84.38% 152 15.22% 4 0.40% 691 69.17% 999 Halifax County 3,441 89.94% 373 9.75% 12 0.31% 3,068 80.19% 3,826 Hanover County 1,347 78.36% 364 21.18% 8 0.47% 983 57.18% 1,719 Henrico County 3,993 66.25% 2,005 33.27% 29 0.48% 1,988 32.98% 6,027 Henry County 1,795 78.73% 474 20.79% 11 0.48% 1,321 57.94% 2,280 Highland County 549 46.45% 628 53.13% 5 0.42% -79 -6.68% 1,182 Isle of Wight County 1,138 84.55% 208 15.45% 0 0.00% 930 69.09% 1,346 James City County 306 67.40% 146 32.16% 2 0.44% 160 35.24% 454 King and Queen County 365 74.49% 124 25.31% 1 0.20% 241 49.18% 490 King George County 515 75.40% 167 24.45% 1 0.15% 348 50.95% 683 King William County 697 74.79% 235 25.21% 0 0.00% 462 49.57% 932 Lancaster County 711 68.63% 317 30.60% 8 0.77% 394 38.03% 1,036 Lee County 4,180 61.39% 2,623 38.52% 6 0.09% 1,557 22.87% 6,809 Loudoun County 2,156 66.73% 1,061 32.84% 14 0.43% 1,095 33.89% 3,231 Louisa County 896 60.46% 573 38.66% 13 0.88% 323 21.79% 1,482 Lunenburg County 1,213 89.26% 144 10.60% 2 0.15% 1,069 78.66% 1,359 Madison County 692 51.56% 646 48.14% 4 0.30% 46 3.43% 1,342 Mathews County 592 62.51% 349 36.85% 6 0.63% 243 25.66% 947 Mecklenburg County 2,402 88.54% 308 11.35% 3 0.11% 2,094 77.18% 2,713 Middlesex County 586 82.19% 125 17.53% 2 0.28% 461 64.66% 713 Montgomery County 2,168 53.20% 1,890 46.38% 17 0.42% 278 6.82% 4,075 Nansemond County 1,408 91.55% 129 8.39% 1 0.07% 1,279 83.16% 1,538 Nelson County 1,291 79.40% 330 20.30% 5 0.31% 961 59.10% 1,626 New Kent County 286 68.26% 133 31.74% 0 0.00% 153 36.52% 419 Norfolk County 3,821 85.39% 639 14.28% 15 0.34% 3,182 71.11% 4,475 Northampton County 866 70.52% 359 29.23% 3 0.24% 507 41.29% 1,228 Northumberland County 712 64.61% 386 35.03% 4 0.36% 326 29.58% 1,102 Nottoway County 1,290 77.06% 373 22.28% 11 0.66% 917 54.78% 1,674 Orange County 1,283 72.94% 464 26.38% 12 0.68% 819 46.56% 1,759 Page County 1,596 49.30% 1,630 50.36% 11 0.34% -34 -1.05% 3,237 Patrick County 1,479 73.99% 514 25.71% 6 0.30% 965 48.27% 1,999 Pittsylvania County 3,710 83.28% 728 16.34% 17 0.38% 2,982 66.94% 4,455 Powhatan County 510 76.23% 157 23.47% 2 0.30% 353 52.77% 669 Prince Edward County 1,110 77.35% 313 21.81% 12 0.84% 797 55.54% 1,435 Prince George County 766 82.81% 156 16.86% 3 0.32% 610 65.95% 925 Prince William County 1,435 73.97% 500 25.77% 5 0.26% 935 48.20% 1,940 Princess Anne County 1,689 79.04% 445 20.82% 3 0.14% 1,244 58.21% 2,137 Pulaski County 2,226 68.39% 1,023 31.43% 6 0.18% 1,203 36.96% 3,255 Rappahannock County 588 72.06% 225 27.57% 3 0.37% 363 44.49% 816 Richmond County 475 64.10% 257 34.68% 9 1.21% 218 29.42% 741 Roanoke County 3,539 60.11% 2,302 39.10% 47 0.80% 1,237 21.01% 5,888 Rockbridge County 1,618 63.83% 902 35.58% 15 0.59% 716 28.24% 2,535 Rockingham County 2,569 46.34% 2,922 52.71% 53 0.96% -353 -6.37% 5,544 Russell County 3,109 59.79% 2,080 40.00% 11 0.21% 1,029 19.79% 5,200 Scott County 2,474 45.28% 2,982 54.58% 8 0.15% -508 -9.30% 5,464 Shenandoah County 2,450 40.89% 3,527 58.87% 14 0.23% -1,077 -17.98% 5,991 Smyth County 2,420 52.95% 2,134 46.70% 16 0.35% 286 6.26% 4,570 Southampton County 1,508 87.02% 213 12.29% 12 0.69% 1,295 74.73% 1,733 Spotsylvania County 785 68.02% 365 31.63% 4 0.35% 420 36.40% 1,154 Stafford County 803 63.28% 463 36.49% 3 0.24% 340 26.79% 1,269 Surry County 658 84.58% 120 15.42% 0 0.00% 538 69.15% 778 Sussex County 737 81.62% 164 18.16% 2 0.22% 573 63.46% 903 Tazewell County 3,108 56.80% 2,356 43.06% 8 0.15% 752 13.74% 5,472 Warren County 1,338 73.00% 491 26.79% 4 0.22% 847 46.21% 1,833 Warwick County 1,065 77.57% 305 22.21% 3 0.22% 760 55.35% 1,373 Washington County 3,245 54.30% 2,697 45.13% 34 0.57% 548 9.17% 5,976 Westmoreland County 845 70.24% 357 29.68% 1 0.08% 488 40.57% 1,203 Wise County 4,538 75.66% 1,448 24.14% 12 0.20% 3,090 51.52% 5,998 Wythe County 1,695 52.72% 1,507 46.87% 13 0.40% 188 5.85% 3,215 York County 787 80.31% 177 18.06% 16 1.63% 610 62.24% 980 Alexandria City 4,004 68.67% 1,802 30.90% 25 0.43% 2,202 37.76% 5,831 Bristol City 1,465 76.94% 423 22.22% 16 0.84% 1,042 54.73% 1,904 Buena Vista City 280 70.89% 113 28.61% 2 0.51% 167 42.28% 395 Charlottesville City 1,759 69.94% 743 29.54% 13 0.52% 1,016 40.40% 2,515 Clifton Forge City 1,179 76.41% 353 22.88% 11 0.71% 826 53.53% 1,543 Danville City 3,324 80.27% 787 19.01% 30 0.72% 2,537 61.27% 4,141 Fredericksburg City 1,037 66.26% 522 33.35% 6 0.38% 515 32.91% 1,565 Hampton City 975 81.66% 215 18.01% 4 0.34% 760 63.65% 1,194 Harrisonburg City 1,462 58.93% 1,000 40.31% 19 0.77% 462 18.62% 2,481 Hopewell City 981 76.05% 308 23.88% 1 0.08% 673 52.17% 1,290 Lynchburg City 4,656 70.22% 1,966 29.65% 9 0.14% 2,690 40.57% 6,631 Martinsville City 980 78.15% 269 21.45% 5 0.40% 711 56.70% 1,254 Newport News City 3,907 81.41% 863 17.98% 29 0.60% 3,044 63.43% 4,799 Norfolk City 10,783 75.38% 3,485 24.36% 36 0.25% 7,298 51.02% 14,304 Petersburg City 2,193 77.90% 604 21.46% 18 0.64% 1,589 56.45% 2,815 Portsmouth City 5,053 87.83% 675 11.73% 25 0.43% 4,378 76.10% 5,753 Radford City 793 65.21% 417 34.29% 6 0.49% 376 30.92% 1,216 Richmond City 19,332 75.99% 6,031 23.71% 76 0.30% 13,301 52.29% 25,439 Roanoke City 6,942 65.85% 3,553 33.70% 47 0.45% 3,389 32.15% 10,542 South Norfolk City 920 85.50% 156 14.50% 0 0.00% 764 71.00% 1,076 Staunton City 1,042 59.75% 687 39.39% 15 0.86% 355 20.36% 1,744 Suffolk City 1,215 76.03% 383 23.97% 0 0.00% 832 52.07% 1,598 Williamsburg City 367 67.84% 168 31.05% 6 1.11% 199 36.78% 541 Winchester City 1,114 53.89% 945 45.72% 8 0.39% 169 8.18% 2,067 Totals 235,961 68.08% 109,363 31.55% 1,284 0.37% 126,598 36.52% 346,608
^ The Political Graveyard; Greene County, Virginia ^ The Political Graveyard; Madison County, Virginia ^ The Political Graveyard; Wythe County, Virginia ^ The Political Graveyard; Montgomery County, Virginia ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940" (PDF) . Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives . p. 32. ^ Williamson, Hugh P.; ‘Evolution of the Franchise in England and the United States’; The American Journal of Economics and Sociology , vol. 6, no. 3 (April 1947), pp. 403-419 ^ "1940 President General Election" . Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database . Retrieved July 8, 2024 . ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 ; pp. 474-476 ISBN 0405077114