Wendell Willkie carried Vermont R+9.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Vermont, 1940. The state ran 19.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

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Vermont result

143,062 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

64,269

44.9%

Willkie (R)

78,371

54.8%

All others

422

0.3%

Margin

R+9.9

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1940 presidential election

Vermont, 1940

WillkieR+9.9

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Wendell Willkie ✓Republican	54.8%	78,371
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	44.9%	64,269
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	422

D+60

R+60

14 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Vermont's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Vermont's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−38.8%
1896	−63.4%
1900	−52.9%
1904	−59.1%
1908	−53.3%
1912	−12.7%
1916	−27.2%
1920	−52.6%
1924	−62.5%
1928	−34.0%
1932	−16.6%
1936	−13.2%
1940	−9.9%
1944	−14.1%
1948	−24.6%
1952	−43.2%
1956	−44.3%
1960	−17.3%
1964	+32.6%
1968	−9.2%
1972	−26.2%
1976	−11.2%
1980	−6.0%
1984	−17.1%
1988	−3.5%
1992	+15.7%
1996	+22.3%
2000	+9.9%
2004	+20.1%
2008	+37.0%
2012	+35.6%
2016	+26.4%
2020	+35.4%
2024	+31.6%

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County results — 1940

14 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Addison County	R	−26.8%	2,593	4,500	7,118
Bennington County	R	−15.1%	4,308	5,845	10,180
Caledonia County	R	−25.4%	3,444	5,793	9,260
Chittenden County	D	+16.5%	11,069	7,926	19,061
Essex County	D	+5.7%	1,531	1,365	2,907
Franklin County	D	+17.1%	7,439	5,258	12,760
Grand Isle County	D	+16.4%	998	716	1,719
Lamoille County	R	−27.3%	1,463	2,566	4,034
Orange County	R	−38.0%	2,029	4,527	6,579
Orleans County	R	−15.2%	3,294	4,480	7,789
Rutland County	R	−10.3%	8,798	10,829	19,681
Washington County	R	−4.3%	7,727	8,426	16,203
Windham County	R	−26.3%	4,101	7,031	11,159
Windsor County	R	−24.9%	5,475	9,109	14,612