PaPres 1940

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1940
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Socialist	Communist	Industrial Government	Scattering	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Wendell Willkie	Franklin D. Roosevelt			Norman M. Thomas	Earl Browder	John W. Aiken
Pennsylvania	4078714	1889848	2171035	-281187	D	10967	4519	1518	827	46.33	53.23	0.44
Adams	15984	8609	7354	1255	R	19	1		1	53.86	46.01	0.13
Allegheny	634198	263285	367926	-104641	D	1757	839	253	138	41.51	58.01	0.47
Armstrong	26750	14524	12144	2380	R	36	20	4	22	54.30	45.40	0.31
Beaver	58215	24324	33609	-9285	D	123	80	36	43	41.78	57.73	0.48
Bedford	16301	8864	7388	1476	R	29	10	10		54.38	45.32	0.30
Berks	86942	32111	53301	-21190	D	1427	80	15	8	36.93	61.31	1.76
Blair	48337	26639	21573	5066	R	74	7	25	19	55.11	44.63	0.26
Bradford	21484	14826	6605	8221	R	42	1	6	4	69.01	30.74	0.25
Bucks	45984	25169	20586	4583	R	144	51	17	17	54.73	44.77	0.50
Butler	33439	19450	13875	5575	R	65	22	9	18	58.17	41.49	0.34
Cambria	73401	30306	42894	-12588	D	103	62	28	8	41.29	58.44	0.27
Cameron	3251	1793	1450	343	R	4	2	2		55.15	44.60	0.25
Carbon	23455	10618	12777	-2159	D	43	7	1	9	45.27	54.47	0.26
Centre	20610	10665	9869	796	R	59	5	4	8	51.75	47.88	0.37
Chester	50878	28222	22473	5749	R	114	14	46	9	55.47	44.17	0.36
Clarion	15643	9035	6564	2471	R	24		10	10	57.76	41.96	0.28
Clearfield	33275	15407	17705	-2298	D	125	8	15	15	46.30	53.21	0.49
Clinton	13736	6291	7419	-1128	D	17	3	2	4	45.80	54.01	0.19
Columbia	22107	9518	12523	-3005	D	15	1	5	45	43.05	56.65	0.30
Crawford	26213	15891	10197	5694	R	82	17	16	10	60.62	38.90	0.48
Cumberland	31123	15297	15758	-461	D	50	5	6	7	49.15	50.63	0.22
Dauphin	80981	42394	38305	4089	R	165	46	65	6	52.35	47.30	0.35
Delaware	140932	80158	60225	19933	R	423	65	46	15	56.88	42.73	0.39
Elk	13900	6949	6920	29	R	18	8	5		49.99	49.78	0.22
Erie	68714	36608	31735	4873	R	260	49	46	16	53.28	46.18	0.54
Fayette	66114	23908	41960	-18052	D	182	32	32		36.16	63.47	0.37
Forest	2736	1811	919	892	R	5	1			66.19	33.59	0.22
Franklin	25840	13084	12713	371	R	30	6	3	4	50.63	49.20	0.17
Fulton	4096	2108	1982	126	R	4	1		1	51.46	48.39	0.15
Greene	16976	6726	10214	-3488	D	18	7	9	2	39.62	60.17	0.21
Huntingdon	14830	9141	5631	3510	R	42	8	8		61.64	37.97	0.39
Indiana	27650	15547	12035	3512	R	54	12	2		56.23	43.53	0.25
Jefferson	20687	12081	8559	3522	R	42	3	2		58.40	41.37	0.23
Juniata	7098	3507	3579	-72	D	7			5	49.41	50.42	0.17
Lackawanna	126685	54931	71343	-16412	D	303	86	22		43.36	56.32	0.32
Lancaster	77418	44939	32210	12729	R	178	43	24	24	58.05	41.61	0.35
Lawrence	38405	19361	18814	547	R	104	42	21	63	50.41	48.99	0.60
Lebanon	26857	13449	13315	134	R	59	7	7	20	50.08	49.58	0.35
Lehigh	62950	29584	33007	-3423	D	289	46	21	3	47.00	52.43	0.57
Luzerne	181884	79685	101577	-21892	D	436	114	72		43.81	55.85	0.34
Lycoming	39953	21423	18363	3060	R	66	15	10	76	53.62	45.96	0.42
McKean	21932	14822	6991	7831	R	99	7	9	4	67.58	31.88	0.54
Mercer	38215	21058	16968	4090	R	112	51	12	14	55.10	44.40	0.49
Mifflin	13379	6352	6993	-641	D	16	6	2	10	47.48	52.27	0.25
Monroe	12687	6001	6670	-669	D	11	2	3		47.30	52.57	0.13
Montgomery	123091	73250	49409	23841	R	314	48	41	29	59.51	40.14	0.35
Montour	5807	2723	3080	-357	D	2	2			46.89	53.04	0.07
Northampton	58958	25385	33304	-7919	D	191	62	13	3	43.06	56.49	0.46
Northumberland	49368	22914	26315	-3401	D	89	21	24	5	46.41	53.30	0.28
Perry	10490	5877	4601	1276	R	7	3	1	1	56.02	43.86	0.11
Philadelphia	891518	354878	532149	-177271	D	2093	2106	260	32	39.81	59.69	0.50
Pike	4428	2596	1818	778	R	8	3	1	2	58.63	41.06	0.32
Potter	7963	5205	2731	2474	R	22	3	2		65.36	34.30	0.34
Schuylkill	92475	43505	48739	-5234	D	114	83	34		47.05	52.71	0.25
Snyder	8214	5722	2478	3244	R	10	3	1		69.66	30.17	0.17
Somerset	31512	17369	14085	3284	R	40	7	5	6	55.12	44.70	0.18
Sullivan	3692	2059	1626	433	R	5	2			55.77	44.04	0.19
Susquehanna	14942	9520	5383	4137	R	26	2	7	4	63.71	36.03	0.26
Tioga	16122	11645	4434	7211	R	22	15	3	3	72.23	27.50	0.27
Union	7857	5612	2220	3392	R	19	1	2	3	71.43	28.26	0.32
Venango	24658	17728	6873	10855	R	30	4	4	19	71.90	27.87	0.23
Warren	16942	11016	5825	5191	R	86	5	6	4	65.02	34.38	0.60
Washington	80151	29026	50829	-21803	D	112	96	77	11	36.21	63.42	0.37
Wayne	12704	9203	3460	5743	R	17	4	9	11	72.44	27.24	0.32
Westmoreland	107787	42643	64567	-21924	D	362	134	81		39.56	59.90	0.54
Wyoming	7854	5273	2548	2725	R	9	5	2	17	67.14	32.44	0.42
York	69936	30228	39543	-9315	D	114	18	14	19	43.22	56.54	0.24

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1941, p. 154.
(Revised 26 November 1998)

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