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The1940 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 29[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Illinois was won byincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running withSecretaryHenry A. Wallace, with 50.97% of the popular vote, againstWendell Willkie (R–New York), running withMinority LeaderCharles L. McNary, with 48.54% of the popular vote.[3][4]
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate andHouse), as well asthose for state offices.[5]
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 2,365,144.[5]
The total vote in the general election was 4,217,935.[5] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 9.[5]
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The1940 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 9, 1940, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theDemocratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1940 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[5]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,176,531 | 86.04 |
| John Nance Garner | 190,801 | 13.95 |
| Scattering | 35 | 0.00 |
| Total | 1,367,367 | 100 |
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The1940 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 9, 1940, in the U.S. state ofIllinois as one of theRepublican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1940 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[5]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. Dewey | 997,225 | 99.95 |
| Scattering | 552 | 0.06 |
| Total | 997,777 | 100 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 10,914 | 0.26% | |
| Prohibition | Roger W. Babson | 9,190 | 0.22% | |
| Write-in | 657 | 0.02% | ||
| Total votes | 4,217,935 | 100% | ||
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican | Normal Mattoon Thomas Socialist | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 17,361 | 47.78% | 18,480 | 50.86% | 119 | 0.33% | 373 | 1.03% | -1,119 | -3.08% | 36,333 |
| Alexander | 6,591 | 50.75% | 6,260 | 48.20% | 69 | 0.53% | 68 | 0.52% | 331 | 2.55% | 12,988 |
| Bond | 3,376 | 40.75% | 4,754 | 57.38% | 20 | 0.24% | 135 | 1.63% | -1,378 | -16.63% | 8,285 |
| Boone | 2,277 | 26.38% | 6,330 | 73.33% | 11 | 0.13% | 14 | 0.16% | -4,053 | -46.95% | 8,632 |
| Brown | 2,478 | 53.31% | 2,101 | 45.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 68 | 1.46% | 377 | 8.11% | 4,648 |
| Bureau | 8,274 | 38.29% | 13,258 | 61.36% | 46 | 0.21% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,984 | -23.07% | 21,607 |
| Calhoun | 1,625 | 39.08% | 2,516 | 60.51% | 11 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.14% | -891 | -21.43% | 4,158 |
| Carroll | 3,592 | 35.87% | 6,398 | 63.90% | 8 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.15% | -2,806 | -28.02% | 10,013 |
| Cass | 4,854 | 51.55% | 4,490 | 47.68% | 30 | 0.32% | 42 | 0.45% | 364 | 3.87% | 9,416 |
| Champaign | 17,563 | 46.04% | 20,314 | 53.26% | 165 | 0.43% | 102 | 0.27% | -2,751 | -7.21% | 38,144 |
| Christian | 11,457 | 52.41% | 10,255 | 46.91% | 50 | 0.23% | 100 | 0.46% | 1,202 | 5.50% | 21,862 |
| Clark | 4,807 | 44.36% | 5,976 | 55.15% | 5 | 0.05% | 48 | 0.44% | -1,169 | -10.79% | 10,836 |
| Clay | 4,934 | 48.27% | 5,185 | 50.72% | 31 | 0.30% | 72 | 0.70% | -251 | -2.46% | 10,222 |
| Clinton | 4,558 | 37.27% | 7,582 | 62.00% | 60 | 0.49% | 30 | 0.25% | -3,024 | -24.73% | 12,230 |
| Coles | 11,409 | 51.83% | 10,528 | 47.82% | 29 | 0.13% | 48 | 0.22% | 881 | 4.00% | 22,014 |
| Cook | 1,168,141 | 55.24% | 938,454 | 44.38% | 4,908 | 0.23% | 3,304 | 0.16% | 229,687 | 10.86% | 2,114,807 |
| Crawford | 5,703 | 44.54% | 7,036 | 54.95% | 12 | 0.09% | 54 | 0.42% | -1,333 | -10.41% | 12,805 |
| Cumberland | 3,091 | 47.92% | 3,330 | 51.62% | 11 | 0.17% | 19 | 0.29% | -239 | -3.70% | 6,451 |
| DeKalb | 6,989 | 35.53% | 12,577 | 63.95% | 53 | 0.27% | 49 | 0.25% | -5,588 | -28.41% | 19,668 |
| DeWitt | 5,052 | 47.78% | 5,477 | 51.80% | 14 | 0.13% | 31 | 0.29% | -425 | -4.02% | 10,574 |
| Douglas | 4,513 | 44.99% | 5,451 | 54.34% | 31 | 0.31% | 36 | 0.36% | -938 | -9.35% | 10,031 |
| DuPage | 18,923 | 31.51% | 40,746 | 67.85% | 307 | 0.51% | 73 | 0.12% | -21,823 | -36.34% | 60,049 |
| Edgar | 6,713 | 45.42% | 7,985 | 54.03% | 22 | 0.15% | 60 | 0.41% | -1,272 | -8.61% | 14,780 |
| Edwards | 1,770 | 34.16% | 3,361 | 64.86% | 23 | 0.44% | 28 | 0.54% | -1,591 | -30.70% | 5,182 |
| Effingham | 5,988 | 49.88% | 5,941 | 49.48% | 27 | 0.22% | 50 | 0.42% | 47 | 0.39% | 12,006 |
| Fayette | 7,286 | 48.85% | 7,486 | 50.19% | 30 | 0.20% | 113 | 0.76% | -200 | -1.34% | 14,915 |
| Ford | 3,062 | 34.55% | 5,770 | 65.11% | 17 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.15% | -2,708 | -30.56% | 8,862 |
| Franklin | 15,523 | 54.16% | 12,936 | 45.14% | 101 | 0.35% | 100 | 0.35% | 2,587 | 9.03% | 28,660 |
| Fulton | 12,198 | 48.35% | 12,816 | 50.80% | 96 | 0.38% | 118 | 0.47% | -618 | -2.45% | 25,228 |
| Gallatin | 3,293 | 55.54% | 2,588 | 43.65% | 18 | 0.30% | 30 | 0.51% | 705 | 11.89% | 5,929 |
| Greene | 6,015 | 55.06% | 4,840 | 44.30% | 28 | 0.26% | 42 | 0.38% | 1,175 | 10.76% | 10,925 |
| Grundy | 4,105 | 38.22% | 6,593 | 61.38% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.19% | -2,488 | -23.16% | 10,741 |
| Hamilton | 3,691 | 47.64% | 4,005 | 51.69% | 24 | 0.31% | 28 | 0.36% | -314 | -4.05% | 7,748 |
| Hancock | 6,688 | 41.90% | 9,108 | 57.06% | 24 | 0.15% | 141 | 0.88% | -2,420 | -15.16% | 15,961 |
| Hardin | 1,974 | 45.56% | 2,333 | 53.84% | 10 | 0.23% | 16 | 0.37% | -359 | -8.29% | 4,333 |
| Henderson | 1,977 | 37.44% | 3,264 | 61.81% | 17 | 0.32% | 23 | 0.44% | -1,287 | -24.37% | 5,281 |
| Henry | 10,481 | 40.86% | 14,971 | 58.37% | 123 | 0.48% | 73 | 0.28% | -4,490 | -17.51% | 25,648 |
| Iroquois | 7,036 | 38.68% | 11,047 | 60.73% | 15 | 0.08% | 93 | 0.51% | -4,011 | -22.05% | 18,191 |
| Jackson | 9,600 | 44.22% | 11,980 | 55.19% | 65 | 0.30% | 63 | 0.29% | -2,380 | -10.96% | 21,708 |
| Jasper | 3,689 | 47.20% | 4,082 | 52.23% | 10 | 0.13% | 34 | 0.44% | -393 | -5.03% | 7,815 |
| Jefferson | 10,887 | 55.22% | 8,692 | 44.09% | 38 | 0.19% | 98 | 0.50% | 2,195 | 11.13% | 19,715 |
| Jersey | 3,692 | 47.99% | 3,958 | 51.44% | 27 | 0.35% | 17 | 0.22% | -266 | -3.46% | 7,694 |
| Jo Daviess | 3,864 | 34.52% | 7,285 | 65.09% | 23 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.18% | -3,421 | -30.57% | 11,192 |
| Johnson | 2,254 | 36.99% | 3,827 | 62.80% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,573 | -25.81% | 6,094 |
| Kane | 25,676 | 37.81% | 41,949 | 61.77% | 222 | 0.33% | 67 | 0.10% | -16,273 | -23.96% | 67,914 |
| Kankakee | 13,716 | 45.97% | 15,998 | 53.62% | 61 | 0.20% | 63 | 0.21% | -2,282 | -7.65% | 29,838 |
| Kendall | 1,978 | 31.92% | 4,200 | 67.79% | 10 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.13% | -2,222 | -35.86% | 6,196 |
| Knox | 12,597 | 41.68% | 17,459 | 57.77% | 116 | 0.38% | 52 | 0.17% | -4,862 | -16.09% | 30,224 |
| Lake | 24,965 | 39.34% | 38,242 | 60.26% | 203 | 0.32% | 51 | 0.08% | -13,277 | -20.92% | 63,461 |
| LaSalle | 29,704 | 53.62% | 25,296 | 45.66% | 207 | 0.37% | 192 | 0.35% | 4,408 | 7.96% | 55,399 |
| Lawrence | 5,625 | 47.54% | 6,061 | 51.22% | 28 | 0.24% | 119 | 1.01% | -436 | -3.68% | 11,833 |
| Lee | 6,005 | 34.74% | 11,228 | 64.96% | 26 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.15% | -5,223 | -30.22% | 17,285 |
| Livingston | 7,722 | 35.61% | 13,909 | 64.14% | 30 | 0.14% | 25 | 0.12% | -6,187 | -28.53% | 21,686 |
| Logan | 6,753 | 42.94% | 8,929 | 56.78% | 20 | 0.13% | 23 | 0.15% | -2,176 | -13.84% | 15,725 |
| Macon | 27,589 | 57.64% | 19,998 | 41.78% | 88 | 0.18% | 189 | 0.39% | 7,591 | 15.86% | 47,864 |
| Macoupin | 14,356 | 52.00% | 13,000 | 47.08% | 180 | 0.65% | 74 | 0.27% | 1,356 | 4.91% | 27,610 |
| Madison | 44,803 | 59.01% | 30,445 | 40.10% | 508 | 0.67% | 173 | 0.23% | 14,358 | 18.91% | 75,929 |
| Marion | 13,807 | 56.41% | 10,461 | 42.74% | 60 | 0.25% | 148 | 0.60% | 3,346 | 13.67% | 24,476 |
| Marshall | 3,343 | 42.26% | 4,527 | 57.23% | 30 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.13% | -1,184 | -14.97% | 7,910 |
| Mason | 4,416 | 49.08% | 4,541 | 50.47% | 18 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.26% | -125 | -1.39% | 8,998 |
| Massac | 2,813 | 37.14% | 4,722 | 62.34% | 16 | 0.21% | 23 | 0.30% | -1,909 | -25.20% | 7,574 |
| McDonough | 5,783 | 35.66% | 10,326 | 63.67% | 26 | 0.16% | 82 | 0.51% | -4,543 | -28.01% | 16,217 |
| McHenry | 6,170 | 27.07% | 16,480 | 72.30% | 125 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.09% | -10,310 | -45.23% | 22,795 |
| McLean | 18,024 | 44.87% | 21,865 | 54.44% | 127 | 0.32% | 150 | 0.37% | -3,841 | -9.56% | 40,166 |
| Menard | 2,894 | 44.81% | 3,531 | 54.68% | 16 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.26% | -637 | -9.86% | 6,458 |
| Mercer | 3,830 | 37.53% | 6,336 | 62.09% | 20 | 0.20% | 18 | 0.18% | -2,506 | -24.56% | 10,204 |
| Monroe | 2,826 | 37.17% | 4,754 | 62.54% | 20 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,928 | -25.36% | 7,602 |
| Montgomery | 9,654 | 47.50% | 10,497 | 51.65% | 85 | 0.42% | 89 | 0.44% | -843 | -4.15% | 20,325 |
| Morgan | 9,082 | 47.10% | 10,137 | 52.57% | 21 | 0.11% | 43 | 0.22% | -1,055 | -5.47% | 19,283 |
| Moultrie | 3,696 | 50.13% | 3,636 | 49.32% | 7 | 0.09% | 34 | 0.46% | 60 | 0.81% | 7,373 |
| Ogle | 4,833 | 28.87% | 11,838 | 70.71% | 28 | 0.17% | 43 | 0.26% | -7,005 | -41.84% | 16,742 |
| Peoria | 42,009 | 54.40% | 34,911 | 45.21% | 176 | 0.23% | 125 | 0.16% | 7,098 | 9.19% | 77,221 |
| Perry | 6,539 | 47.26% | 7,243 | 52.35% | 24 | 0.17% | 31 | 0.22% | -704 | -5.09% | 13,837 |
| Piatt | 3,564 | 43.68% | 4,564 | 55.94% | 7 | 0.09% | 24 | 0.29% | -1,000 | -12.26% | 8,159 |
| Pike | 7,676 | 53.15% | 6,619 | 45.83% | 19 | 0.13% | 127 | 0.88% | 1,057 | 7.32% | 14,441 |
| Pope | 1,499 | 33.84% | 2,914 | 65.78% | 9 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,415 | -31.94% | 4,430 |
| Pulaski | 3,456 | 42.75% | 4,589 | 56.76% | 18 | 0.22% | 22 | 0.27% | -1,133 | -14.01% | 8,085 |
| Putnam | 1,195 | 40.03% | 1,778 | 59.56% | 8 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.13% | -583 | -19.53% | 2,985 |
| Randolph | 7,802 | 45.32% | 9,333 | 54.21% | 54 | 0.31% | 26 | 0.15% | -1,531 | -8.89% | 17,215 |
| Richland | 4,335 | 45.89% | 5,022 | 53.17% | 13 | 0.14% | 76 | 0.80% | -687 | -7.27% | 9,446 |
| Rock Island | 35,240 | 57.67% | 25,629 | 41.95% | 132 | 0.22% | 100 | 0.16% | 9,611 | 15.73% | 61,101 |
| Saline | 10,692 | 50.02% | 10,567 | 49.43% | 37 | 0.17% | 81 | 0.38% | 125 | 0.58% | 21,377 |
| Sangamon | 31,943 | 47.23% | 35,464 | 52.44% | 111 | 0.16% | 110 | 0.16% | -3,521 | -5.21% | 67,628 |
| Schuyler | 3,404 | 50.04% | 3,318 | 48.77% | 12 | 0.18% | 69 | 1.01% | 86 | 1.26% | 6,803 |
| Scott | 2,492 | 48.87% | 2,585 | 50.70% | 9 | 0.18% | 13 | 0.25% | -93 | -1.82% | 5,099 |
| Shelby | 7,704 | 50.69% | 7,250 | 47.71% | 68 | 0.45% | 175 | 1.15% | 454 | 2.99% | 15,197 |
| St. Clair | 53,482 | 59.50% | 35,998 | 40.05% | 291 | 0.32% | 120 | 0.13% | 17,484 | 19.45% | 89,891 |
| Stark | 1,818 | 34.79% | 3,393 | 64.94% | 1 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.25% | -1,575 | -30.14% | 5,225 |
| Stephenson | 8,911 | 38.67% | 14,040 | 60.92% | 49 | 0.21% | 45 | 0.20% | -5,129 | -22.26% | 23,045 |
| Tazewell | 17,624 | 58.44% | 12,419 | 41.18% | 52 | 0.17% | 64 | 0.21% | 5,205 | 17.26% | 30,159 |
| Union | 5,804 | 53.74% | 4,915 | 45.51% | 45 | 0.42% | 36 | 0.33% | 889 | 8.23% | 10,800 |
| Vermilion | 22,891 | 49.50% | 23,059 | 49.87% | 62 | 0.13% | 230 | 0.50% | -168 | -0.36% | 46,242 |
| Wabash | 4,187 | 52.57% | 3,659 | 45.94% | 6 | 0.08% | 113 | 1.42% | 528 | 6.63% | 7,965 |
| Warren | 4,878 | 38.30% | 7,790 | 61.17% | 11 | 0.09% | 56 | 0.44% | -2,912 | -22.87% | 12,735 |
| Washington | 3,479 | 37.73% | 5,701 | 61.82% | 22 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.22% | -2,222 | -24.09% | 9,222 |
| Wayne | 5,569 | 45.68% | 6,556 | 53.77% | 23 | 0.19% | 44 | 0.36% | -987 | -8.10% | 12,192 |
| White | 5,909 | 51.41% | 5,459 | 47.50% | 70 | 0.61% | 55 | 0.48% | 450 | 3.92% | 11,493 |
| Whiteside | 7,356 | 31.65% | 15,752 | 67.77% | 90 | 0.39% | 44 | 0.19% | -8,396 | -36.12% | 23,242 |
| Will | 29,442 | 47.53% | 32,291 | 52.13% | 176 | 0.28% | 37 | 0.06% | -2,849 | -4.60% | 61,946 |
| Williamson | 14,645 | 50.12% | 14,433 | 49.40% | 67 | 0.23% | 72 | 0.25% | 212 | 0.73% | 29,217 |
| Winnebago | 28,061 | 47.46% | 30,683 | 51.89% | 178 | 0.30% | 205 | 0.35% | -2,622 | -4.43% | 59,127 |
| Woodford | 4,314 | 39.43% | 6,575 | 60.09% | 20 | 0.18% | 33 | 0.30% | -2,261 | -20.66% | 10,942 |
| Totals | 2,149,934 | 50.97% | 2,047,240 | 48.54% | 10,914 | 0.26% | 9,847 | 0.23% | 102,694 | 2.43% | 4,217,935 |
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