1940 United States presidential election in Virginia
County results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Willkie
50-60%
60-70%
The 1940 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 5, 1940. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt , over the Republican nominee, businessman Wendell Willkie . Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 54.74% of the vote. The election would be the last time Fairfax County , Virginia's most populous county would vote Democratic until 2004 apart from 1964 . As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time the Democratic nominee has won the counties of Greene ,[ 1] Madison [ 2] and Wythe .[ 3] It also proved the last time the Democrats would win Montgomery County until Bill Clinton did so in 1992 .[ 4]