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The 1940 elections

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) faced Wendell Willkie (R); Roosevelt won the presidency. National popular vote: D+9.9.

1940 presidential election
RooseveltD+9.9
1940 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1940 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+70.9 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · D+27.5 · 3 electoral votesColorado · R+2.6 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · D+48.0 · 7 electoral votesGeorgia · D+69.9 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+1.4 · 14 electoral votesKansas · R+14.5 · 9 electoral votesMaine · R+2.3 · 5 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+6.7 · 17 electoral votesMinnesota · D+3.8 · 11 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+3.6 · 16 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+48.1 · 13 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+10.9 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · D+15.2 · 11 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+6.9 · 36 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+14.8 · 4 electoral votesTexas · D+62.0 · 23 electoral votesWyoming · D+5.9 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+7.1 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+4.8 · 15 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+14.2 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · D+2.4 · 29 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+13.3 · 3 electoral votesArkansas · D+57.4 · 9 electoral votesCalifornia · D+16.1 · 22 electoral votesDelaware · D+9.7 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · R+4.4 · 11 electoral votesKentucky · D+15.1 · 11 electoral votesMaryland · D+17.4 · 8 electoral votesMichigan · R+0.3 · 19 electoral votesMississippi · D+91.5 · 9 electoral votesMontana · D+18.6 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · D+6.4 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+3.6 · 47 electoral votesOhio · D+4.4 · 26 electoral votesOregon · D+8.1 · 5 electoral votesTennessee · D+34.9 · 11 electoral votesUtah · D+24.7 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · D+36.5 · 11 electoral votesWashington · D+17.6 · 8 electoral votesWisconsin · D+1.8 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+14.4 · 7 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+91.3 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · D+9.1 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+20.2 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+9.9 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · D+71.8 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+13.6 · 4 electoral votes
1940presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1940 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+9.93 EVNHD+6.44 EVMAD+6.717 EVRID+13.64 EVCTD+7.18 EVNJD+3.616 EVDED+9.73 EVMDD+17.48 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
President — national popular vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R)
Roosevelt (D)
27,312,628
54.7%
Willkie (R)
22,347,870
44.8%
All others
252,284
0.5%
Margin
D+9.9

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