Franklin D. Roosevelt carried New York D+3.6.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in New York, 1940. New York held 47 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 6.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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New York result

6,313,897 votes counted

Electoral votes

47

Roosevelt (D)

3,251,918

51.5%

Willkie (R)

3,027,478

47.9%

All others

34,501

0.5%

Margin

D+3.6

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1940 presidential election

New York, 1940

RooseveltD+3.6

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.5%	3,251,918
Wendell WillkieRepublican	47.9%	3,027,478
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	34,501

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+13.3%	77,052	58,912	136,174
Allegany County	R	−50.7%	5,077	15,611	20,767
Bronx County	D	+35.3%	418,931	198,293	624,204
Broome County	R	−15.6%	32,092	44,013	76,284
Cattaraugus County	R	−31.6%	11,924	22,987	35,055
Cayuga County	R	−20.0%	13,985	21,032	35,173
Chautauqua County	R	−24.4%	21,524	35,536	57,316
Chemung County	R	−18.5%	15,203	22,156	37,499
Chenango County	R	−45.9%	5,241	14,168	19,452
Clinton County	D	+4.6%	11,378	10,369	21,800
Columbia County	R	−22.3%	8,591	13,527	22,162
Cortland County	R	−40.7%	5,147	12,233	17,411
Delaware County	R	−44.8%	5,968	15,684	21,700
Dutchess County	R	−11.6%	25,598	32,329	58,049
Erie County	D	+1.6%	189,779	183,664	374,435
Essex County	R	−36.2%	5,545	11,868	17,451
Franklin County	R	−9.4%	9,479	11,446	20,958
Fulton County	R	−24.4%	9,040	14,896	24,015
Genesee County	R	−36.9%	6,664	14,503	21,229
Greene County	R	−22.4%	6,425	10,153	16,616
Hamilton County	R	−41.4%	840	2,029	2,873
Herkimer County	R	−14.9%	13,013	17,590	30,657
Jefferson County	R	−27.3%	14,581	25,584	40,262
Kings County	D	+30.4%	742,668	394,534	1,145,567
Lewis County	R	−39.7%	3,466	8,049	11,532
Livingston County	R	−32.7%	6,397	12,629	19,084
Madison County	R	−41.4%	6,301	15,262	21,662
Monroe County	D	+2.6%	120,613	114,383	236,095
Montgomery County	R	−1.5%	15,079	15,546	30,659
Nassau County	R	−32.4%	73,171	143,672	217,293
New York County	D	+23.9%	478,153	292,480	778,099
Niagara County	R	−5.0%	33,207	36,729	70,101
Oneida County	R	−3.2%	49,109	52,362	101,742
Onondaga County	R	−14.8%	67,481	91,056	159,022
Ontario County	R	−34.9%	9,110	18,932	28,162
Orange County	R	−16.9%	27,632	38,913	66,690
Orleans County	R	−41.5%	4,525	10,958	15,519
Oswego County	R	−25.5%	13,459	22,688	36,230
Otsego County	R	−36.4%	7,798	16,771	24,647
Putnam County	R	−19.8%	4,794	7,164	11,997
Queens County	R	−5.8%	288,024	323,406	613,954
Rensselaer County	R	−10.1%	32,387	39,648	72,132
Richmond County	R	−0.8%	38,307	38,911	77,467
Rockland County	R	−14.6%	14,897	20,040	35,299
Saratoga County	R	−17.2%	15,037	21,298	36,433
Schenectady County	R	−3.1%	32,041	34,101	66,476
Schoharie County	R	−28.4%	4,073	7,316	11,414
Schuyler County	R	−38.0%	2,211	4,936	7,171
Seneca County	R	−33.0%	4,203	8,364	12,598
St. Lawrence County	R	−21.9%	15,569	24,339	39,990
Steuben County	R	−30.5%	14,651	27,587	42,365
Suffolk County	R	−30.5%	33,853	63,712	97,835
Sullivan County	R	−9.6%	9,785	11,877	21,738
Tioga County	R	−40.2%	4,081	9,618	13,758
Tompkins County	R	−33.2%	7,118	14,325	21,693
Ulster County	R	−14.2%	20,403	27,186	47,696
Warren County	R	−30.7%	7,226	13,657	20,923
Washington County	R	−33.3%	7,977	15,960	23,975
Wayne County	R	−44.5%	7,358	19,196	26,616
Westchester County	R	−24.8%	110,114	182,883	293,691
Wyoming County	R	−44.0%	4,393	11,323	15,755
Yates County	R	−53.0%	2,170	7,084	9,275