1940 Presidential Election Results for Washington

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County	Turnout	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)		Wendell Willkie (R)		Other		TOTAL
Adams	77%	1,397	47.9%	1,508	51.7%	13	0.4%	2,918
Asotin	65%	2,107	58.3%	1,483	41.1%	21	0.6%	3,611
Benton	67%	2,414	47.0%	2,670	52.0%	55	1.1%	5,139
Chelan	64%	7,181	47.0%	8,019	52.5%	73	0.5%	15,273
Clallam	65%	5,966	61.9%	3,555	36.9%	110	1.1%	9,631
Clark	69%	12,931	59.0%	8,776	40.0%	218	1.0%	21,925
Columbia	71%	1,218	45.4%	1,461	54.4%	6	0.2%	2,685
Cowlitz	68%	11,420	64.5%	6,078	34.3%	216	1.2%	17,714
Douglas	70%	1,972	49.7%	1,959	49.3%	40	1.0%	3,971
Ferry	64%	1,247	67.4%	590	31.9%	12	0.6%	1,849
Franklin	76%	1,868	62.6%	1,084	36.3%	31	1.0%	2,983
Garfield	75%	714	41.3%	1,003	58.1%	10	0.6%	1,727
Grant	61%	4,097	73.1%	1,487	26.5%	17	0.3%	5,601
Grays Harbor	66%	14,861	63.3%	8,369	35.6%	257	1.1%	23,487
Island	75%	1,626	53.2%	1,371	44.8%	60	2.0%	3,057
Jefferson	58%	2,083	57.0%	1,540	42.1%	32	0.9%	3,655
King	68%	143,134	59.2%	95,504	39.5%	3,165	1.3%	241,803
Kitsap	66%	13,861	70.7%	5,525	28.2%	210	1.1%	19,596
Kittitas	59%	5,203	60.1%	3,401	39.3%	56	0.6%	8,660
Klickitat	65%	2,627	54.8%	2,139	44.6%	28	0.6%	4,794
Lewis	69%	9,280	49.6%	9,228	49.3%	218	1.2%	18,726
Lincoln	73%	2,896	52.2%	2,627	47.3%	29	0.5%	5,552
Mason	67%	3,465	64.8%	1,775	33.2%	106	2.0%	5,346
Okanogan	61%	5,362	55.5%	4,244	44.0%	49	0.5%	9,655
Pacific	65%	4,393	61.5%	2,704	37.8%	48	0.7%	7,145
Pend Oreille	68%	1,812	58.5%	1,268	40.9%	17	0.5%	3,097
Pierce	66%	51,670	64.3%	27,188	33.9%	1,453	1.8%	80,311
San Juan	73%	860	51.3%	808	48.2%	7	0.4%	1,675
Skagit	71%	9,796	54.5%	7,985	44.4%	189	1.1%	17,970
Skamania	69%	1,292	62.1%	765	36.8%	22	1.1%	2,079
Snohomish	70%	26,185	64.5%	13,638	33.6%	762	1.9%	40,585
Spokane	71%	44,852	56.9%	33,228	42.2%	713	0.9%	78,793
Stevens	69%	4,904	59.7%	3,238	39.4%	66	0.8%	8,208
Thurston	76%	11,092	59.7%	7,275	39.2%	206	1.1%	18,573
Wahkiakum	67%	1,164	63.8%	642	35.2%	19	1.0%	1,825
Walla Walla	65%	5,875	42.5%	7,883	57.0%	63	0.5%	13,821
Whatcom	70%	14,877	51.6%	13,351	46.3%	606	2.1%	28,834
Whitman	62%	6,351	49.6%	6,356	49.7%	92	0.7%	12,799
Yakima	61%	18,092	46.7%	20,398	52.6%	270	0.7%	38,760
TOTAL	67%	462,145	58.2%	322,123	40.6%	9,565	1.2%	793,833

1940 President, Adams County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,397	47.9%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,508	51.7%
Other	13	0.4%
TOTAL	2,918
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 7

1940 President, Asotin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	2,107	58.3%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,483	41.1%
Other	21	0.6%
TOTAL	3,611
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -4

1940 President, Benton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	2,414	47.0%
Wendell Willkie (R)	2,670	52.0%
Other	55	1.1%
TOTAL	5,139
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 7

1940 President, Chelan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	7,181	47.0%
Wendell Willkie (R)	8,019	52.5%
Other	73	0.5%
TOTAL	15,273
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): 12 Diff (US): 8

1940 President, Clallam County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	5,966	61.9%
Wendell Willkie (R)	3,555	36.9%
Other	110	1.1%
TOTAL	9,631
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -8

1940 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	12,931	59.0%
Wendell Willkie (R)	8,776	40.0%
Other	218	1.0%
TOTAL	21,925
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -5

1940 President, Columbia County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,218	45.4%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,461	54.4%
Other	6	0.2%
TOTAL	2,685
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 14 Diff (US): 10

1940 President, Cowlitz County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	11,420	64.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	6,078	34.3%
Other	216	1.2%
TOTAL	17,714
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -10

1940 President, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,972	49.7%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,959	49.3%
Other	40	1.0%
TOTAL	3,971
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 5

1940 President, Ferry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,247	67.4%
Wendell Willkie (R)	590	31.9%
Other	12	0.6%
TOTAL	1,849
Turnout: 64% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -13

1940 President, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,868	62.6%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,084	36.3%
Other	31	1.0%
TOTAL	2,983
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -8

1940 President, Garfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	714	41.3%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,003	58.1%
Other	10	0.6%
TOTAL	1,727
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 17 Diff (US): 13

1940 President, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	4,097	73.1%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,487	26.5%
Other	17	0.3%
TOTAL	5,601
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): -14 Diff (US): -18

1940 President, Grays Harbor County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	14,861	63.3%
Wendell Willkie (R)	8,369	35.6%
Other	257	1.1%
TOTAL	23,487
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -9

1940 President, Island County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,626	53.2%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,371	44.8%
Other	60	2.0%
TOTAL	3,057
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 0

1940 President, Jefferson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	2,083	57.0%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,540	42.1%
Other	32	0.9%
TOTAL	3,655
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): -3

1940 President, King County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	143,134	59.2%
Wendell Willkie (R)	95,504	39.5%
Other	3,165	1.3%
TOTAL	241,803
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -5

1940 President, Kitsap County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	13,861	70.7%
Wendell Willkie (R)	5,525	28.2%
Other	210	1.1%
TOTAL	19,596
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -12 Diff (US): -17

1940 President, Kittitas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	5,203	60.1%
Wendell Willkie (R)	3,401	39.3%
Other	56	0.6%
TOTAL	8,660
Turnout: 59% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -6

1940 President, Klickitat County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	2,627	54.8%
Wendell Willkie (R)	2,139	44.6%
Other	28	0.6%
TOTAL	4,794
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 0

1940 President, Lewis County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	9,280	49.6%
Wendell Willkie (R)	9,228	49.3%
Other	218	1.2%
TOTAL	18,726
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 4

1940 President, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	2,896	52.2%
Wendell Willkie (R)	2,627	47.3%
Other	29	0.5%
TOTAL	5,552
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 7 Diff (US): 3

1940 President, Mason County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	3,465	64.8%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,775	33.2%
Other	106	2.0%
TOTAL	5,346
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -12

1940 President, Okanogan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	5,362	55.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	4,244	44.0%
Other	49	0.5%
TOTAL	9,655
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): -1

1940 President, Pacific County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	4,393	61.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	2,704	37.8%
Other	48	0.7%
TOTAL	7,145
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -7

1940 President, Pend Oreille County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,812	58.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	1,268	40.9%
Other	17	0.5%
TOTAL	3,097
Turnout: 68% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): -4

1940 President, Pierce County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	51,670	64.3%
Wendell Willkie (R)	27,188	33.9%
Other	1,453	1.8%
TOTAL	80,311
Turnout: 66% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -11

1940 President, San Juan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	860	51.3%
Wendell Willkie (R)	808	48.2%
Other	7	0.4%
TOTAL	1,675
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 3

1940 President, Skagit County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	9,796	54.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	7,985	44.4%
Other	189	1.1%
TOTAL	17,970
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 0

1940 President, Skamania County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,292	62.1%
Wendell Willkie (R)	765	36.8%
Other	22	1.1%
TOTAL	2,079
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -8

1940 President, Snohomish County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	26,185	64.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	13,638	33.6%
Other	762	1.9%
TOTAL	40,585
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): -7 Diff (US): -11

1940 President, Spokane County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	44,852	56.9%
Wendell Willkie (R)	33,228	42.2%
Other	713	0.9%
TOTAL	78,793
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): -3

1940 President, Stevens County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	4,904	59.7%
Wendell Willkie (R)	3,238	39.4%
Other	66	0.8%
TOTAL	8,208
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -5

1940 President, Thurston County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	11,092	59.7%
Wendell Willkie (R)	7,275	39.2%
Other	206	1.1%
TOTAL	18,573
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): -6

1940 President, Wahkiakum County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	1,164	63.8%
Wendell Willkie (R)	642	35.2%
Other	19	1.0%
TOTAL	1,825
Turnout: 67% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -10

1940 President, Walla Walla County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	5,875	42.5%
Wendell Willkie (R)	7,883	57.0%
Other	63	0.5%
TOTAL	13,821
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 16 Diff (US): 12

1940 President, Whatcom County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	14,877	51.6%
Wendell Willkie (R)	13,351	46.3%
Other	606	2.1%
TOTAL	28,834
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 2

1940 President, Whitman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	6,351	49.6%
Wendell Willkie (R)	6,356	49.7%
Other	92	0.7%
TOTAL	12,799
Turnout: 62% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 5

1940 President, Yakima County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	18,092	46.7%
Wendell Willkie (R)	20,398	52.6%
Other	270	0.7%
TOTAL	38,760
Turnout: 61% Diff (St): 12 Diff (US): 8

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