1940 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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All 11Kentucky votes to theElectoral College |
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 County Results Roosevelt 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | Willkie 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
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The1940 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the1940 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kentucky was won byincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running withSecretaryHenry A. Wallace, with 57.45 percent of the popular vote, againstWendell Willkie (R–New York), running withMinority LeaderCharles L. McNary, with 42.30 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic | Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican | Various candidates
Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[5] |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| Adair | 2,711 | 42.37% | 3,674 | 57.42% | 13 | 0.20% | -963 | -15.05% | 6,398 |
| Allen | 2,036 | 38.49% | 3,232 | 61.11% | 21 | 0.40% | -1,196 | -22.61% | 5,289 |
| Anderson | 2,515 | 66.73% | 1,244 | 33.01% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,271 | 33.72% | 3,769 |
| Ballard | 3,212 | 80.89% | 758 | 19.09% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,454 | 61.80% | 3,971 |
| Barren | 4,888 | 60.11% | 3,233 | 39.76% | 11 | 0.14% | 1,655 | 20.35% | 8,132 |
| Bath | 2,528 | 60.54% | 1,636 | 39.18% | 12 | 0.29% | 892 | 21.36% | 4,176 |
| Bell | 5,910 | 54.23% | 4,962 | 45.53% | 27 | 0.25% | 948 | 8.70% | 10,899 |
| Boone | 2,518 | 64.76% | 1,357 | 34.90% | 13 | 0.33% | 1,161 | 29.86% | 3,888 |
| Bourbon | 4,254 | 61.38% | 2,673 | 38.57% | 4 | 0.06% | 1,581 | 22.81% | 6,931 |
| Boyd | 9,868 | 57.16% | 7,322 | 42.41% | 75 | 0.43% | 2,546 | 14.75% | 17,265 |
| Boyle | 4,081 | 64.28% | 2,257 | 35.55% | 11 | 0.17% | 1,824 | 28.73% | 6,349 |
| Bracken | 1,961 | 55.69% | 1,551 | 44.05% | 9 | 0.26% | 410 | 11.64% | 3,521 |
| Breathitt | 3,977 | 71.14% | 1,602 | 28.66% | 11 | 0.20% | 2,375 | 42.49% | 5,590 |
| Breckinridge | 3,296 | 50.01% | 3,258 | 49.43% | 37 | 0.56% | 38 | 0.58% | 6,591 |
| Bullitt | 2,388 | 74.46% | 813 | 25.35% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,575 | 49.11% | 3,207 |
| Butler | 1,455 | 31.47% | 3,163 | 68.40% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,708 | -36.94% | 4,624 |
| Caldwell | 2,858 | 55.71% | 2,246 | 43.78% | 26 | 0.51% | 612 | 11.93% | 5,130 |
| Calloway | 5,793 | 86.49% | 896 | 13.38% | 9 | 0.13% | 4,897 | 73.11% | 6,698 |
| Campbell | 14,801 | 49.63% | 14,916 | 50.02% | 103 | 0.35% | -115 | -0.39% | 29,820 |
| Carlisle | 2,366 | 82.21% | 500 | 17.37% | 12 | 0.42% | 1,866 | 64.84% | 2,878 |
| Carroll | 2,915 | 78.15% | 804 | 21.55% | 11 | 0.29% | 2,111 | 56.60% | 3,730 |
| Carter | 3,403 | 42.83% | 4,520 | 56.88% | 23 | 0.29% | -1,117 | -14.06% | 7,946 |
| Casey | 1,862 | 32.37% | 3,874 | 67.34% | 17 | 0.30% | -2,012 | -34.97% | 5,753 |
| Christian | 6,599 | 54.17% | 5,566 | 45.69% | 16 | 0.13% | 1,033 | 8.48% | 12,181 |
| Clark | 3,970 | 64.82% | 2,136 | 34.87% | 19 | 0.31% | 1,834 | 29.94% | 6,125 |
| Clay | 1,632 | 27.08% | 4,395 | 72.92% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,763 | -45.84% | 6,027 |
| Clinton | 755 | 22.69% | 2,573 | 77.31% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,818 | -54.63% | 3,328 |
| Crittenden | 1,834 | 41.01% | 2,624 | 58.68% | 14 | 0.31% | -790 | -17.67% | 4,472 |
| Cumberland | 872 | 25.58% | 2,533 | 74.30% | 4 | 0.12% | -1,661 | -48.72% | 3,409 |
| Daviess | 9,344 | 62.19% | 5,633 | 37.49% | 49 | 0.33% | 3,711 | 24.70% | 15,026 |
| Edmonson | 1,332 | 33.86% | 2,589 | 65.81% | 13 | 0.33% | -1,257 | -31.95% | 3,934 |
| Elliott | 2,013 | 76.05% | 634 | 23.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,379 | 52.10% | 2,647 |
| Estill | 2,587 | 47.16% | 2,889 | 52.66% | 10 | 0.18% | -302 | -5.50% | 5,486 |
| Fayette | 15,834 | 55.69% | 12,514 | 44.01% | 84 | 0.30% | 3,320 | 11.68% | 28,432 |
| Fleming | 2,999 | 51.11% | 2,855 | 48.65% | 14 | 0.24% | 144 | 2.45% | 5,868 |
| Floyd | 9,100 | 71.03% | 3,711 | 28.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,389 | 42.07% | 12,811 |
| Franklin | 6,956 | 78.18% | 1,927 | 21.66% | 14 | 0.16% | 5,029 | 56.52% | 8,897 |
| Fulton | 3,592 | 81.79% | 791 | 18.01% | 9 | 0.20% | 2,801 | 63.78% | 4,392 |
| Gallatin | 1,473 | 74.70% | 495 | 25.10% | 4 | 0.20% | 978 | 49.59% | 1,972 |
| Garrard | 2,162 | 50.07% | 2,148 | 49.75% | 8 | 0.19% | 14 | 0.32% | 4,318 |
| Grant | 2,729 | 63.93% | 1,535 | 35.96% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,194 | 27.97% | 4,269 |
| Graves | 9,786 | 81.99% | 2,122 | 17.78% | 27 | 0.23% | 7,664 | 64.21% | 11,935 |
| Grayson | 2,678 | 45.69% | 3,156 | 53.85% | 27 | 0.46% | -478 | -8.16% | 5,861 |
| Green | 1,993 | 44.21% | 2,497 | 55.39% | 18 | 0.40% | -504 | -11.18% | 4,508 |
| Greenup | 4,742 | 53.73% | 4,059 | 45.99% | 24 | 0.27% | 683 | 7.74% | 8,825 |
| Hancock | 1,338 | 48.41% | 1,424 | 51.52% | 2 | 0.07% | -86 | -3.11% | 2,764 |
| Hardin | 4,718 | 66.54% | 2,351 | 33.16% | 21 | 0.30% | 2,367 | 33.39% | 7,090 |
| Harlan | 10,582 | 64.20% | 5,859 | 35.55% | 42 | 0.25% | 4,723 | 28.65% | 16,483 |
| Harrison | 4,228 | 71.01% | 1,707 | 28.67% | 19 | 0.32% | 2,521 | 42.34% | 5,954 |
| Hart | 3,280 | 53.29% | 2,866 | 46.56% | 9 | 0.15% | 414 | 6.73% | 6,155 |
| Henderson | 6,727 | 73.03% | 2,455 | 26.65% | 29 | 0.31% | 4,272 | 46.38% | 9,211 |
| Henry | 3,862 | 72.47% | 1,445 | 27.12% | 22 | 0.41% | 2,417 | 45.36% | 5,329 |
| Hickman | 2,758 | 84.73% | 490 | 15.05% | 7 | 0.22% | 2,268 | 69.68% | 3,255 |
| Hopkins | 8,695 | 68.96% | 3,884 | 30.80% | 30 | 0.24% | 4,811 | 38.16% | 12,609 |
| Jackson | 465 | 11.07% | 3,722 | 88.62% | 13 | 0.31% | -3,257 | -77.55% | 4,200 |
| Jefferson | 94,710 | 58.75% | 66,052 | 40.97% | 456 | 0.28% | 28,658 | 17.78% | 161,218 |
| Jessamine | 2,815 | 60.00% | 1,837 | 39.15% | 40 | 0.85% | 978 | 20.84% | 4,692 |
| Johnson | 3,042 | 37.58% | 5,042 | 62.29% | 10 | 0.12% | -2,000 | -24.71% | 8,094 |
| Kenton | 19,261 | 59.30% | 13,147 | 40.47% | 74 | 0.23% | 6,114 | 18.82% | 32,482 |
| Knott | 4,434 | 85.38% | 759 | 14.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,675 | 70.77% | 5,193 |
| Knox | 3,319 | 39.84% | 5,003 | 60.06% | 8 | 0.10% | -1,684 | -20.22% | 8,330 |
| Larue | 2,463 | 65.14% | 1,309 | 34.62% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,154 | 30.52% | 3,781 |
| Laurel | 2,860 | 35.48% | 5,180 | 64.27% | 20 | 0.25% | -2,320 | -28.78% | 8,060 |
| Lawrence | 3,178 | 50.83% | 3,055 | 48.86% | 19 | 0.30% | 123 | 1.97% | 6,252 |
| Lee | 1,622 | 46.41% | 1,866 | 53.39% | 7 | 0.20% | -244 | -6.98% | 3,495 |
| Leslie | 626 | 15.97% | 3,292 | 83.96% | 3 | 0.08% | -2,666 | -67.99% | 3,921 |
| Letcher | 6,127 | 57.92% | 4,433 | 41.90% | 19 | 0.18% | 1,694 | 16.01% | 10,579 |
| Lewis | 1,878 | 35.78% | 3,371 | 64.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,493 | -28.44% | 5,249 |
| Lincoln | 3,657 | 53.91% | 3,090 | 45.56% | 36 | 0.53% | 567 | 8.36% | 6,783 |
| Livingston | 2,013 | 62.65% | 1,184 | 36.85% | 16 | 0.50% | 829 | 25.80% | 3,213 |
| Logan | 6,631 | 74.44% | 2,268 | 25.46% | 9 | 0.10% | 4,363 | 48.98% | 8,908 |
| Lyon | 1,979 | 67.84% | 921 | 31.57% | 17 | 0.58% | 1,058 | 36.27% | 2,917 |
| Madison | 6,484 | 52.54% | 5,789 | 46.91% | 67 | 0.54% | 695 | 5.63% | 12,340 |
| Magoffin | 2,812 | 51.30% | 2,668 | 48.68% | 1 | 0.02% | 144 | 2.63% | 5,481 |
| Marion | 3,482 | 66.15% | 1,763 | 33.49% | 19 | 0.36% | 1,719 | 32.66% | 5,264 |
| Marshall | 3,549 | 76.13% | 1,100 | 23.60% | 13 | 0.28% | 2,449 | 52.53% | 4,662 |
| Martin | 826 | 26.63% | 2,275 | 73.34% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,449 | -46.71% | 3,102 |
| Mason | 4,386 | 54.03% | 3,704 | 45.63% | 27 | 0.33% | 682 | 8.40% | 8,117 |
| McCracken | 11,562 | 76.23% | 3,554 | 23.43% | 52 | 0.34% | 8,008 | 52.80% | 15,168 |
| McCreary | 1,248 | 28.18% | 3,172 | 71.62% | 9 | 0.20% | -1,924 | -43.44% | 4,429 |
| McLean | 2,709 | 61.33% | 1,698 | 38.44% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,011 | 22.89% | 4,417 |
| Meade | 2,114 | 67.73% | 995 | 31.88% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,119 | 35.85% | 3,121 |
| Menifee | 1,176 | 69.50% | 511 | 30.20% | 5 | 0.30% | 665 | 39.30% | 1,692 |
| Mercer | 3,606 | 65.92% | 1,845 | 33.73% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,761 | 32.19% | 5,470 |
| Metcalfe | 1,826 | 45.15% | 2,206 | 54.55% | 12 | 0.30% | -380 | -9.40% | 4,044 |
| Monroe | 1,390 | 29.44% | 3,321 | 70.33% | 11 | 0.23% | -1,931 | -40.89% | 4,722 |
| Montgomery | 2,755 | 62.06% | 1,671 | 37.64% | 13 | 0.29% | 1,084 | 24.42% | 4,439 |
| Morgan | 4,148 | 73.33% | 1,509 | 26.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,639 | 46.65% | 5,657 |
| Muhlenberg | 5,140 | 48.95% | 5,332 | 50.78% | 28 | 0.27% | -192 | -1.83% | 10,500 |
| Nelson | 4,193 | 66.45% | 2,109 | 33.42% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,084 | 33.03% | 6,310 |
| Nicholas | 2,124 | 63.50% | 1,207 | 36.08% | 14 | 0.42% | 917 | 27.41% | 3,345 |
| Ohio | 3,729 | 45.45% | 4,451 | 54.25% | 24 | 0.29% | -722 | -8.80% | 8,204 |
| Oldham | 1,983 | 69.80% | 848 | 29.85% | 10 | 0.35% | 1,135 | 39.95% | 2,841 |
| Owen | 3,655 | 86.39% | 569 | 13.45% | 7 | 0.17% | 3,086 | 72.94% | 4,231 |
| Owsley | 591 | 18.10% | 2,672 | 81.81% | 3 | 0.09% | -2,081 | -63.72% | 3,266 |
| Pendleton | 2,165 | 51.45% | 2,029 | 48.22% | 14 | 0.33% | 136 | 3.23% | 4,208 |
| Perry | 6,852 | 59.26% | 4,693 | 40.59% | 18 | 0.16% | 2,159 | 18.67% | 11,563 |
| Pike | 12,160 | 57.46% | 8,985 | 42.46% | 16 | 0.08% | 3,175 | 15.00% | 21,161 |
| Powell | 1,266 | 55.77% | 989 | 43.57% | 15 | 0.66% | 277 | 12.20% | 2,270 |
| Pulaski | 4,896 | 36.35% | 8,533 | 63.36% | 39 | 0.29% | -3,637 | -27.00% | 13,468 |
| Robertson | 829 | 58.63% | 578 | 40.88% | 7 | 0.50% | 251 | 17.75% | 1,414 |
| Rockcastle | 1,652 | 31.81% | 3,536 | 68.08% | 6 | 0.12% | -1,884 | -36.27% | 5,194 |
| Rowan | 2,294 | 54.10% | 1,944 | 45.85% | 2 | 0.05% | 350 | 8.25% | 4,240 |
| Russell | 1,250 | 28.84% | 3,069 | 70.81% | 15 | 0.35% | -1,819 | -41.97% | 4,334 |
| Scott | 4,039 | 69.05% | 1,795 | 30.69% | 15 | 0.26% | 2,244 | 38.37% | 5,849 |
| Shelby | 4,823 | 71.96% | 1,861 | 27.77% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,962 | 44.20% | 6,702 |
| Simpson | 2,950 | 74.78% | 987 | 25.02% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,963 | 49.76% | 3,945 |
| Spencer | 1,728 | 75.13% | 567 | 24.65% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,161 | 50.48% | 2,300 |
| Taylor | 2,790 | 49.77% | 2,792 | 49.80% | 24 | 0.43% | -2 | -0.04% | 5,606 |
| Todd | 3,337 | 69.64% | 1,436 | 29.97% | 19 | 0.40% | 1,901 | 39.67% | 4,792 |
| Trigg | 2,883 | 65.70% | 1,494 | 34.05% | 11 | 0.25% | 1,389 | 31.65% | 4,388 |
| Trimble | 1,909 | 88.58% | 242 | 11.23% | 4 | 0.19% | 1,667 | 77.35% | 2,155 |
| Union | 4,355 | 79.56% | 1,111 | 20.30% | 8 | 0.15% | 3,244 | 59.26% | 5,474 |
| Warren | 7,569 | 64.14% | 4,195 | 35.55% | 36 | 0.31% | 3,374 | 28.59% | 11,800 |
| Washington | 2,612 | 52.49% | 2,362 | 47.47% | 2 | 0.04% | 250 | 5.02% | 4,976 |
| Wayne | 2,519 | 44.18% | 3,177 | 55.72% | 6 | 0.11% | -658 | -11.54% | 5,702 |
| Webster | 4,197 | 66.40% | 2,107 | 33.33% | 17 | 0.27% | 2,090 | 33.06% | 6,321 |
| Whitley | 4,078 | 38.49% | 6,502 | 61.36% | 16 | 0.15% | -2,424 | -22.88% | 10,596 |
| Wolfe | 2,205 | 68.12% | 1,032 | 31.88% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,173 | 36.24% | 3,237 |
| Woodford | 2,630 | 63.36% | 1,514 | 36.47% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,116 | 26.89% | 4,151 |
| Totals | 557,322 | 57.45% | 410,384 | 42.30% | 2,457 | 0.25% | 146,938 | 15.15% | 970,163 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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