The 1940 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah, like every other state west of the Continental Divide, voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democrat won the state more than twice. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 62.25 percent of the vote. The percentage, however, wasn't as large as his victory in the state four years earlier. , this is the last election in which Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Results + General Election ResultsUtah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 5, A.D. 1940 for Presidential Electors, for United States Senator, for Representatives in the Seventy-Seventh Congress of the United States, for State Officers, and District Officers in Districts comprising more than one county, and for the adoption or rejection of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Utah.Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Oscar W. McConckie154,277 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. George S. Baliff153,833 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Jensen153,734 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Sophus Bertleson153,473 Republican Party Wendell Willkie S. Marion Bliss93,151 Republican Party Wendell Willkie Mrs. R. L. Ashby92,973 Republican Party Wendell Willkie Clarence Dahl92,852 Republican Party Wendell Willkie John W. Guild92,356 Socialist Party Norman Thomas J. D. DeFriez200 Socialist Party Norman Thomas Isabel Adamson198 Socialist Party Norman Thomas William J. McConnell198 Socialist Party Norman Thomas Emil Munez197 Communist Party Earl Browder David Douglas Jr.191 Communist Party Earl Browder Marguerite H. Forest188 Communist Party Earl Browder Hyrum James Woolman188 Communist Party Earl Browder William Mathrus185Votes cast 247,819
Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Wendell WillkieRepublican Norman ThomasSocialist Earl BrowderCommunist Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # %Beaver1,30354.18%1,10145.78%10.04%00.00%2028.40%2,405Box Elder4,73659.30%3,24840.67%20.03%00.00%1.48818.63%7,986Cache7,86760.25%5,18439.70%60.05%10.01%2,68320.55%13,058Carbon5,18069.47%2,24230.07%100.13%240.32%2,93839.40%7,456Daggett16062.50%9637.50%00.00%00.00%6425.00%256Davis3,86557.63%2,83642.28%10.01%50.07%1,02915.34%6,707Duchesne1,98259.92%1,32239.96%40.12%00.00%66019.95%3,308Emery1,90165.13%1,00634.46%100.34%20.07%89530.66%2,919Garfield81444.14%1,03055.86%00.00%00.00%-216-11.71%1,844Grand44650.62%43249.04%30.34%00.00%141.59%881Iron1,91547.90%2,06051.53%210.53%20.05%-145-3.63%3,998Juab2,13660.12%1,41239.74%50.14%00.00%72420.38%3,553Kane33933.43%67566.57%00.00%00.00%-336-33.14%1,014Millard2,30254.10%1,94345.66%70.16%30.07%3598.44%4,255Morgan69954.87%57545.13%00.00%00.00%1249.73%1,274Piute46651.21%44248.57%10.11%10.11%242.64%910Rich47551.52%44748.48%00.00%00.00%283.04%922Salt Lake67,31865.40%35,42734.42%660.06%1150.11%31,89130.98%102,926San Juan51549.19%52850.43%10.10%30.29%-13-1.24%1,047Sanpete3,52448.61%3,72251.34%30.04%10.04%-198-2.73%7,250Sevier2,52148.22%2,70351.70%40.08%00.00%-182-3.48%5,228Summit2,21556.10%1,73043.82%00.00%30.08%48512.28%3,948Tooele2,62563.90%1,47635.93%70.17%00.00%1,14927.97%4,108Uintah1,77352.16%1,62447.78%20.06%00.00%1494.38%3,399Utah15,16863.32%8,74036.48%230.10%250.10%6,42826.83%23,956Wasatch1,50255.59%1,19944.37%00.00%10.04%30311.21%2,702Washington1,99355.04%1,62544.88%20.06%10.03%36810.16%3,621Wayne50056.75%38043.13%10.11%00.00%12013.62%881Weber18,03769.35%7,94630.55%200.08%40.02%10,09138.80%26,007Totals154,27762.25%93,15137.59%2000.08%1910.08%61,12624.67%247,819
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Garfield Iron San Juan Sanpete Sevier
See also United States presidential elections in Utah
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