Who won the 1940 presidential election?

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1940 presidential election with 402 electoral votes and 53.8% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1940?

The 1940 Electoral College result was 402 Democratic to 129 Republican (531 total electoral votes, 266 needed to win).

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1940

Presidential Election · 1940

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democraticdefeating Wendell Willkie

402

Roosevelt

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

129

Willkie

402 EV266 needed to win129 EV

Popular Vote

Roosevelt(DEM)53.8%

Willkie(REP)44.6%

candidates(OTH)1.6%

National margin:D+9.2%

50,018,063 total votes cast

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Roosevelt: 37 states · 402 EV|Willkie: 11 states · 129 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Roosevelt %	Votes	Willkie %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	South Carolina	8	8	95.6%	95,470	1.8%	1,771	—	D+93.9	↓ R+3.3
▶	Mississippi	9	17	95.7%	168,267	1.6%	2,817	—	D+94.1	→ Even
▶	Georgia	12	29	84.8%	265,194	7.7%	24,044	7.5%	D+77.1	↑ D+2.6
▶	Louisiana	10	39	85.9%	319,751	14.1%	52,446	—	D+71.8	↓ R+5.9
▶	Alabama	11	50	85.2%	250,723	14.3%	42,167	—	D+70.9	↓ R+2.7
▶	Texas	23	73	81.0%	909,975	18.9%	212,033	—	D+62.1	↓ R+12.4
▶	Arkansas	9	82	78.4%	157,258	21.0%	42,122	—	D+57.4	↓ R+6.5
▶	North Carolina	13	95	74.0%	609,015	26.0%	213,633	—	D+48.1	↑ D+1.3
▶	Florida	7	102	74.0%	359,334	26.0%	126,158	—	D+48.0	↓ R+4.2
▶	Virginia	11	113	68.1%	235,961	31.6%	109,363	—	D+36.5	↓ R+4.3
▶	Tennessee	11	124	67.3%	351,601	32.4%	169,153	—	D+34.9	↓ R+3.2
▶	Arizona	3	127	63.5%	95,267	36.0%	54,030	—	D+27.5	↓ R+15.4
▶	Utah	4	131	62.2%	153,833	37.6%	92,973	—	D+24.6	↓ R+15.3
▶	Nevada	3	134	60.1%	31,945	39.9%	21,229	—	D+20.1	↓ R+25.5
▶	Montana	4	138	58.8%	145,698	40.2%	99,579	—	D+18.6	↓ R+23.1
▶	Washington	8	146	58.2%	462,145	40.6%	322,123	—	D+17.6	↓ R+18.9
▶	Maryland	8	154	58.3%	384,552	40.8%	269,534	—	D+17.4	↓ R+11.6
▶	California	22	176	57.4%	1,877,618	41.3%	1,351,419	—	D+16.1	↓ R+19.2
▶	Oklahoma	11	187	57.4%	474,313	42.2%	348,872	—	D+15.2	↓ R+19.0
▶	Kentucky	11	198	57.4%	557,312	42.3%	410,384	—	D+15.1	↓ R+3.5
▶	West Virginia	8	206	57.1%	495,662	42.9%	372,414	—	D+14.2	↓ R+7.2
▶	Rhode Island	4	210	56.7%	182,182	43.2%	138,653	—	D+13.6	↑ D+0.9
▶	New Mexico	3	213	56.6%	103,699	43.3%	79,315	—	D+13.3	↓ R+12.8
▶	Delaware	3	216	54.7%	74,599	45.1%	61,440	—	D+9.7	↓ R+2.6
▶	Idaho	4	220	54.4%	127,842	45.3%	106,509	—	D+9.1	↓ R+20.7
▶	Oregon	5	225	53.7%	258,415	45.6%	219,554	—	D+8.1	↓ R+26.7
▶	Connecticut	8	233	53.4%	417,621	46.2%	361,021	—	D+7.2	↓ R+7.7
▶	Pennsylvania	36	269	53.2%	2,171,035	46.3%	1,889,848	—	D+6.9	↓ R+9.2
▶	Massachusetts	17	286	53.1%	1,076,522	46.4%	939,700	—	D+6.8	↓ R+2.7
▶	New Hampshire	4	290	53.2%	125,292	46.8%	110,127	—	D+6.4	↑ D+4.7
▶	Wyoming	3	293	52.8%	59,287	46.9%	52,633	—	D+5.9	↓ R+17.2
▶	Missouri	15	308	49.1%	958,526	44.6%	871,009	6.3%	D+4.5	↓ R+16.9
▶	Ohio	26	334	52.2%	1,733,139	47.8%	1,586,773	—	D+4.4	↓ R+16.1
▶	Minnesota	11	345	51.5%	644,196	47.7%	596,274	—	D+3.8	↓ R+27.0
▶	New Jersey	16	361	51.5%	1,016,404	47.9%	944,876	—	D+3.6	↓ R+16.4
▶	Illinois	29	390	51.0%	2,149,934	48.5%	2,047,240	—	D+2.4	↓ R+15.6
▶	Wisconsin	12	402	50.1%	704,811	48.3%	679,202	—	D+1.8	↓ R+31.7
▶	South Dakota	4	4	42.6%	131,362	57.4%	177,065	—	R+14.8	↓ R+26.3
▶	Kansas	9	13	42.4%	364,725	56.9%	489,169	—	R+14.5	↓ R+22.2
▶	Nebraska	7	20	42.8%	263,677	57.2%	352,201	—	R+14.4	↓ R+30.8
▶	North Dakota	4	24	44.2%	124,036	55.1%	154,590	—	R+10.9	↓ R+43.9
▶	Vermont	3	27	44.9%	64,269	54.8%	78,371	—	R+9.9	↑ D+3.3
▶	Iowa	11	38	47.6%	578,802	52.0%	632,370	—	R+4.4	↓ R+16.1
▶	New York	47	85	45.0%	2,834,500	48.0%	3,027,478	7.0%	R+3.1	↓ R+18.0
▶	Colorado	6	91	48.4%	265,364	50.9%	279,022	—	R+2.5	↓ R+25.7
▶	Maine	5	96	48.8%	156,478	51.1%	163,951	—	R+2.3	↑ D+11.7
▶	Indiana	14	110	49.0%	874,063	50.5%	899,466	—	R+1.4	↓ R+16.2
▶	Michigan	19	129	49.5%	1,032,991	49.9%	1,039,917	—	R+0.3	↓ R+17.9

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1936 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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