November 5, 1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins 1940

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Wendell Willkie with 462 electoral votes, winning 38 states.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

462 EV

270 to win

Wendell Willkie

66 EV

462

270

Franklin D. Roosevelt wins

462

Electoral Votes

54.7%

Popular Vote

States Carried

49,913,895

Total Votes Cast

Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1940 presidential election with 462 electoral votes to Wendell Willkie's 66. Franklin D. Roosevelt received 54.7% of the popular vote and carried 38 states. Compared to the previous election, 714 counties changed parties—700 flipped Republican and 14 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie	462-66	D+9.9%	DEM
1936	Democratic	Republican	521-7	D+24.3%	DEM
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert Hoover	488-40	D+17.8%	DEM
1928	Al Smith	Herbert Hoover	69-459	R+17.5%	GOP
1924	John W. Davis	Calvin Coolidge	171-357	R+25.1%	GOP

State-by-State Results

38 Dem10 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1940	1936	1932	1928	1924
Mississippi	6	D+91.5	D+94.3	D+92.4	D+64.3	D+81.8
South Carolina	9	D+91.3	D+98.6	D+98.0	D+82.8	D+94.3
Louisiana	8	D+71.8	D+77.7	D+85.8	D+52.6	D+56.2
Alabama	9	D+70.9	D+73.6	D+70.6	D+3.0	D+42.8
Georgia	16	D+69.9	D+74.5	D+83.8	D+12.0	D+55.9
Texas	40	D+62.0	D+74.8	D+77.0	R+3.9	D+52.6
Arkansas	6	D+57.4	D+63.9	D+73.9	D+20.9	D+31.9
North Carolina	16	D+48.1	D+46.8	D+40.6	R+9.9	D+19.4
Florida	30	D+48.0	D+52.2	D+49.8	R+16.7	D+28.8
Virginia	13	D+36.5	D+40.8	D+38.4	R+8.0	D+29.7
Tennessee	11	D+34.9	D+38.0	D+34.0	R+11.1	D+9.3
Arizona	11	D+27.5	D+42.9	D+36.5	R+15.3	R+5.8
Utah	6	D+24.7	D+39.5	D+15.5	R+7.7	R+19.3
Nevada	6	D+20.1	D+45.6	D+38.8	R+13.1	R+19.8
Montana	4	D+18.6	D+41.7	D+22.7	R+17.9	R+23.1
Washington	12	D+17.6	D+36.5	D+23.5	R+35.8	R+42.1
Maryland	10	D+17.4	D+25.3	D+25.5	R+14.7	R+4.0
California	54	D+16.1	D+35.3	D+21.0	R+30.5	R+49.0
Oklahoma	7	D+15.2	D+34.1	D+46.6	R+28.3	D+5.7
Kentucky	8	D+15.2	D+18.6	D+18.9	R+18.9	R+2.9
West Virginia	4	D+14.2	D+21.4	D+10.0	R+17.4	R+5.4
Rhode Island	4	D+13.6	D+12.9	D+11.8	D+0.6	R+23.2
New Mexico	5	D+13.3	D+26.2	D+27.0	R+18.2	R+5.5
Delaware	3	D+9.7	D+9.8	R+2.4	R+32.0	R+20.9
Idaho	4	D+9.1	D+29.8	D+20.4	R+29.3	R+30.8
Oregon	8	D+8.1	D+34.8	D+21.1	R+30.0	R+26.8
Connecticut	7	D+7.1	D+15.0	R+1.1	R+8.1	R+34.0
Pennsylvania	19	D+6.9	D+16.0	R+5.5	R+31.4	R+46.3
Massachusetts	11	D+6.8	D+9.5	D+4.0	D+1.1	R+37.3
New Hampshire	4	D+6.4	D+1.8	R+1.4	R+17.6	R+25.1
Wyoming	3	D+5.9	D+23.1	D+15.3	R+28.3	R+20.9
Missouri	10	D+4.8	D+22.6	D+28.6	R+11.4	R+5.6
Ohio	17	D+4.4	D+20.6	D+2.9	R+30.4	R+34.6
Minnesota	10	D+3.8	D+30.8	D+23.6	R+16.9	R+44.4
New Jersey	14	D+3.6	D+20.0	D+1.9	R+20.0	R+34.8
New York	28	D+3.5	D+19.9	D+12.7	R+2.4	R+26.6
Illinois	19	D+2.4	D+18.0	D+13.2	R+14.7	R+35.5
Wisconsin	10	D+1.8	D+33.5	D+32.3	R+9.2	R+29.0
Michigan	15	R+0.3	D+17.6	D+7.9	R+41.4	R+62.2
Indiana	11	R+1.4	D+14.7	D+11.7	R+20.1	R+16.6
Maine	4	R+2.3	R+14.0	R+12.6	R+37.7	R+50.2
Colorado	10	R+2.5	D+23.3	D+13.4	R+30.8	R+35.0
Iowa	6	R+4.4	D+11.7	D+17.7	R+24.2	R+38.6
Vermont	3	R+9.9	R+13.2	R+16.6	R+34.0	R+62.5
North Dakota	3	R+10.9	D+33.0	D+41.6	R+10.3	R+40.7
Nebraska	5	R+14.4	D+16.4	D+27.7	R+27.0	R+17.5
Kansas	6	R+14.5	D+7.7	D+9.4	R+45.0	R+37.9
South Dakota	3	R+14.8	D+11.5	D+29.2	R+21.0	R+36.3

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

700 total

Sumter County, South Carolina, SCR+0.0%Washington County, Texas, TXR+96.3%McIntosh County, North Dakota, NDR+95.2%Oliver County, North Dakota, NDR+94.9%Mercer County, North Dakota, NDR+92.5%

695 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

14 total

Assumption Parish, Louisiana, LAD+63.7%

9 more counties(Seeker)

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