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Apresidential election was held inIndiana on November 5, 1940, as part of the1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, tothe Electoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Indiana was won byWendell Willkie (R–New York), running withSenate Minority LeaderCharles L. McNary ofOregon, with 50.45% of the popular vote, againstincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running withSecretary of AgricultureHenry A. Wallace, with 49.03% of the popular vote.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 899,466 | 50.45% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 874,063 | 49.03% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 6,437 | 0.36% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,075 | 0.12% | |
| Socialist Labor | John Aiken | 706 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 1,782,747 | 100% | ||
| County | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,247 | 53.93% | 4,382 | 45.04% | 101 | 1.04% | 865 | 8.89% | 9,730 |
| Allen | 40,430 | 57.18% | 29,967 | 42.38% | 312 | 0.44% | 10,463 | 14.80% | 70,709 |
| Bartholomew | 7,890 | 48.84% | 8,180 | 50.63% | 86 | 0.53% | -290 | -1.79% | 16,156 |
| Benton | 3,675 | 57.57% | 2,689 | 42.12% | 20 | 0.31% | 986 | 15.44% | 6,384 |
| Blackford | 3,352 | 44.52% | 4,095 | 54.38% | 83 | 1.10% | -743 | -9.87% | 7,530 |
| Boone | 7,066 | 53.26% | 6,152 | 46.37% | 49 | 0.37% | 914 | 6.89% | 13,267 |
| Brown | 1,477 | 46.74% | 1,662 | 52.59% | 21 | 0.66% | -185 | -5.85% | 3,160 |
| Carroll | 5,012 | 54.05% | 4,214 | 45.44% | 47 | 0.51% | 798 | 8.61% | 9,273 |
| Cass | 10,057 | 49.33% | 10,268 | 50.37% | 61 | 0.30% | -211 | -1.04% | 20,386 |
| Clark | 6,044 | 40.02% | 9,015 | 59.69% | 45 | 0.30% | -2,971 | -19.67% | 15,104 |
| Clay | 7,768 | 51.40% | 7,255 | 48.00% | 91 | 0.60% | 513 | 3.39% | 15,114 |
| Clinton | 8,610 | 52.36% | 7,732 | 47.02% | 102 | 0.62% | 878 | 5.34% | 16,444 |
| Crawford | 2,652 | 47.97% | 2,836 | 51.29% | 41 | 0.74% | -184 | -3.33% | 5,529 |
| Daviess | 7,615 | 54.10% | 6,401 | 45.48% | 59 | 0.42% | 1,214 | 8.63% | 14,075 |
| Dearborn | 5,908 | 49.29% | 6,038 | 50.37% | 41 | 0.34% | -130 | -1.08% | 11,987 |
| Decatur | 6,087 | 57.71% | 4,417 | 41.88% | 43 | 0.41% | 1,670 | 15.83% | 10,547 |
| DeKalb | 7,676 | 57.17% | 5,690 | 42.38% | 60 | 0.45% | 1,986 | 14.79% | 13,426 |
| Delaware | 17,616 | 45.53% | 20,836 | 53.85% | 239 | 0.62% | -3,220 | -8.32% | 38,691 |
| Dubois | 4,729 | 44.01% | 5,992 | 55.77% | 24 | 0.22% | -1,263 | -11.75% | 10,745 |
| Elkhart | 19,735 | 58.53% | 13,620 | 40.40% | 361 | 1.07% | 6,115 | 18.14% | 33,716 |
| Fayette | 5,567 | 49.94% | 5,542 | 49.72% | 38 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.22% | 11,147 |
| Floyd | 8,056 | 42.53% | 10,799 | 57.00% | 89 | 0.47% | -2,743 | -14.48% | 18,944 |
| Fountain | 5,771 | 54.59% | 4,783 | 45.24% | 18 | 0.17% | 988 | 9.35% | 10,572 |
| Franklin | 4,381 | 58.11% | 3,142 | 41.68% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,239 | 16.43% | 7,539 |
| Fulton | 5,532 | 58.40% | 3,879 | 40.95% | 61 | 0.64% | 1,653 | 17.45% | 9,472 |
| Gibson | 8,326 | 48.34% | 8,709 | 50.57% | 188 | 1.09% | -383 | -2.22% | 17,223 |
| Grant | 15,187 | 52.77% | 13,257 | 46.06% | 335 | 1.16% | 1,930 | 6.71% | 28,779 |
| Greene | 9,071 | 50.71% | 8,718 | 48.73% | 100 | 0.56% | 353 | 1.97% | 17,889 |
| Hamilton | 8,931 | 64.73% | 4,791 | 34.72% | 75 | 0.54% | 4,140 | 30.01% | 13,797 |
| Hancock | 5,283 | 48.98% | 5,417 | 50.23% | 85 | 0.79% | -134 | -1.24% | 10,785 |
| Harrison | 4,650 | 49.26% | 4,725 | 50.06% | 64 | 0.68% | -75 | -0.79% | 9,439 |
| Hendricks | 6,782 | 57.92% | 4,883 | 41.70% | 45 | 0.38% | 1,899 | 16.22% | 11,710 |
| Henry | 11,051 | 52.98% | 9,623 | 46.14% | 184 | 0.88% | 1,428 | 6.85% | 20,858 |
| Howard | 11,855 | 47.82% | 12,655 | 51.04% | 283 | 1.14% | -800 | -3.23% | 24,793 |
| Huntington | 9,110 | 55.22% | 7,220 | 43.77% | 167 | 1.01% | 1,890 | 11.46% | 16,497 |
| Jackson | 6,281 | 45.13% | 7,557 | 54.30% | 79 | 0.57% | -1,276 | -9.17% | 13,917 |
| Jasper | 4,462 | 61.62% | 2,751 | 37.99% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,711 | 23.63% | 7,241 |
| Jay | 6,478 | 49.27% | 6,554 | 49.84% | 117 | 0.89% | -76 | -0.58% | 13,149 |
| Jefferson | 5,957 | 55.80% | 4,688 | 43.91% | 31 | 0.29% | 1,269 | 11.89% | 10,676 |
| Jennings | 3,921 | 56.51% | 2,989 | 43.08% | 29 | 0.42% | 932 | 13.43% | 6,939 |
| Johnson | 6,451 | 50.18% | 6,350 | 49.39% | 56 | 0.44% | 101 | 0.79% | 12,857 |
| Knox | 11,211 | 47.52% | 12,265 | 51.99% | 114 | 0.48% | -1,054 | -4.47% | 23,590 |
| Kosciusko | 9,879 | 62.68% | 5,768 | 36.60% | 113 | 0.72% | 4,111 | 26.09% | 15,760 |
| LaGrange | 3,731 | 63.43% | 2,124 | 36.11% | 27 | 0.46% | 1,607 | 27.32% | 5,882 |
| Lake | 45,898 | 38.79% | 71,985 | 60.83% | 447 | 0.38% | -26,087 | -22.05% | 118,330 |
| LaPorte | 15,771 | 53.29% | 13,732 | 46.40% | 90 | 0.30% | 2,039 | 6.89% | 29,593 |
| Lawrence | 10,717 | 61.92% | 6,553 | 37.86% | 38 | 0.22% | 4,164 | 24.06% | 17,308 |
| Madison | 22,382 | 45.91% | 26,111 | 53.56% | 261 | 0.54% | -3,729 | -7.65% | 48,754 |
| Marion | 124,845 | 50.43% | 121,907 | 49.25% | 787 | 0.32% | 2,938 | 1.19% | 247,539 |
| Marshall | 7,718 | 56.41% | 5,852 | 42.77% | 111 | 0.81% | 1,866 | 13.64% | 13,681 |
| Martin | 2,902 | 52.28% | 2,638 | 47.52% | 11 | 0.20% | 264 | 4.76% | 5,551 |
| Miami | 8,217 | 52.76% | 7,252 | 46.56% | 106 | 0.68% | 965 | 6.20% | 15,575 |
| Monroe | 10,311 | 55.74% | 8,117 | 43.88% | 71 | 0.38% | 2,194 | 11.86% | 18,499 |
| Montgomery | 8,554 | 54.78% | 6,994 | 44.79% | 68 | 0.44% | 1,560 | 9.99% | 15,616 |
| Morgan | 6,613 | 57.29% | 4,895 | 42.40% | 36 | 0.31% | 1,718 | 14.88% | 11,544 |
| Newton | 3,536 | 62.32% | 2,116 | 37.29% | 22 | 0.39% | 1,420 | 25.03% | 5,674 |
| Noble | 7,443 | 59.46% | 5,014 | 40.06% | 60 | 0.48% | 2,429 | 19.41% | 12,517 |
| Ohio | 1,186 | 49.33% | 1,210 | 50.33% | 8 | 0.33% | -24 | -1.00% | 2,404 |
| Orange | 5,519 | 57.77% | 4,003 | 41.90% | 31 | 0.32% | 1,516 | 15.87% | 9,553 |
| Owen | 3,709 | 54.00% | 3,121 | 45.44% | 38 | 0.55% | 588 | 8.56% | 6,868 |
| Parke | 5,242 | 54.14% | 4,384 | 45.28% | 57 | 0.59% | 858 | 8.86% | 9,683 |
| Perry | 4,489 | 50.00% | 4,475 | 49.84% | 14 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.16% | 8,978 |
| Pike | 4,672 | 50.91% | 4,449 | 48.48% | 56 | 0.61% | 223 | 2.43% | 9,177 |
| Porter | 8,270 | 58.40% | 5,840 | 41.24% | 51 | 0.36% | 2,430 | 17.16% | 14,161 |
| Posey | 4,514 | 47.06% | 5,022 | 52.35% | 57 | 0.59% | -508 | -5.30% | 9,593 |
| Pulaski | 3,472 | 52.70% | 3,021 | 45.86% | 95 | 1.44% | 451 | 6.85% | 6,588 |
| Putnam | 5,832 | 49.00% | 6,020 | 50.58% | 49 | 0.41% | -188 | -1.58% | 11,901 |
| Randolph | 8,033 | 57.19% | 5,787 | 41.20% | 226 | 1.61% | 2,246 | 15.99% | 14,046 |
| Ripley | 6,061 | 55.44% | 4,834 | 44.21% | 38 | 0.35% | 1,227 | 11.22% | 10,933 |
| Rush | 6,486 | 60.02% | 4,282 | 39.62% | 39 | 0.36% | 2,204 | 20.39% | 10,807 |
| St. Joseph | 36,164 | 44.02% | 45,620 | 55.53% | 374 | 0.46% | -9,456 | -11.51% | 82,158 |
| Scott | 2,285 | 45.96% | 2,668 | 53.66% | 19 | 0.38% | -383 | -7.70% | 4,972 |
| Shelby | 7,216 | 47.02% | 8,015 | 52.22% | 117 | 0.76% | -799 | -5.21% | 15,348 |
| Spencer | 5,667 | 57.31% | 4,180 | 42.27% | 42 | 0.42% | 1,487 | 15.04% | 9,889 |
| Starke | 3,473 | 54.16% | 2,917 | 45.49% | 22 | 0.34% | 556 | 8.67% | 6,412 |
| Steuben | 5,056 | 66.35% | 2,524 | 33.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 2,532 | 33.23% | 7,620 |
| Sullivan | 6,471 | 42.32% | 8,667 | 56.69% | 151 | 0.99% | -2,196 | -14.36% | 15,289 |
| Switzerland | 2,285 | 46.01% | 2,659 | 53.54% | 22 | 0.44% | -374 | -7.53% | 4,966 |
| Tippecanoe | 16,148 | 56.96% | 12,129 | 42.78% | 73 | 0.26% | 4,019 | 14.18% | 28,350 |
| Tipton | 4,749 | 52.90% | 4,173 | 46.48% | 56 | 0.62% | 576 | 6.42% | 8,978 |
| Union | 2,009 | 58.35% | 1,415 | 41.10% | 19 | 0.55% | 594 | 17.25% | 3,443 |
| Vanderburgh | 28,417 | 42.25% | 38,567 | 57.33% | 283 | 0.42% | -10,150 | -15.09% | 67,267 |
| Vermillion | 5,716 | 47.74% | 6,174 | 51.57% | 83 | 0.69% | -458 | -3.83% | 11,973 |
| Vigo | 23,177 | 43.99% | 29,308 | 55.63% | 199 | 0.38% | -6,131 | -11.64% | 52,684 |
| Wabash | 8,755 | 61.11% | 5,431 | 37.91% | 141 | 0.98% | 3,324 | 23.20% | 14,327 |
| Warren | 2,999 | 60.71% | 1,927 | 39.01% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,072 | 21.70% | 4,940 |
| Warrick | 5,456 | 51.88% | 5,019 | 47.72% | 42 | 0.40% | 437 | 4.16% | 10,517 |
| Washington | 4,216 | 48.37% | 4,471 | 51.30% | 29 | 0.33% | -255 | -2.93% | 8,716 |
| Wayne | 15,058 | 51.27% | 14,139 | 48.14% | 173 | 0.59% | 919 | 3.13% | 29,370 |
| Wells | 4,898 | 47.75% | 5,236 | 51.05% | 123 | 1.20% | -338 | -3.30% | 10,257 |
| White | 5,189 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.38% | 44 | 0.47% | 1,013 | 10.77% | 9,409 |
| Whitley | 5,100 | 53.34% | 4,404 | 46.06% | 57 | 0.60% | 696 | 7.28% | 9,561 |
| Totals | 899,466 | 50.45% | 874,063 | 49.03% | 9,218 | 0.52% | 25,403 | 1.42% | 1,782,747 |
State and district results of the1940 United States presidential election | ||
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