1940 Presidential Election Results

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1940 presidential election with 449 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Wendell Willkie (Republican, 82). Roosevelt also won the popular vote with 55.0%.

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Results by state

State	EV	Roosevelt	Willkie	Votes cast
Alabama	11	85.6%250,72611 EV	14.4%42,184	292,910
Arkansas	9	79.0%158,6229 EV	21.0%42,121	200,743
Arizona	3	63.8%95,2673 EV	36.2%54,030	149,297
California	22	58.2%1,877,61822 EV	41.9%1,351,419	3,229,037
Colorado	6	48.7%265,554	51.3%279,5766 EV	545,130
Connecticut	8	53.6%417,6218 EV	46.4%361,819	779,440
Delaware	3	54.8%74,5993 EV	45.2%61,440	136,039
Florida	7	74.0%359,3347 EV	26.0%126,158	485,492
Georgia	12	91.7%265,19412 EV	8.3%23,934	289,128
Iowa	11	47.8%578,800	52.2%632,37011 EV	1,211,170
Idaho	4	54.5%127,8424 EV	45.5%106,553	234,395
Illinois	29	51.2%2,149,93429 EV	48.8%2,047,240	4,197,174
Indiana	14	49.3%874,063	50.7%899,46614 EV	1,773,529
Kansas	9	42.7%364,725	57.3%489,1699 EV	853,894
Kentucky	11	57.6%557,22211 EV	42.4%410,384	967,606
Louisiana	10	85.9%319,75110 EV	14.1%52,446	372,197
Massachusetts	17	53.4%1,076,52217 EV	46.6%939,700	2,016,222
Maryland	8	58.8%384,5468 EV	41.2%269,534	654,080
Maine	5	48.8%156,478	51.2%163,9515 EV	320,429
Michigan	19	49.8%1,032,991	50.2%1,039,91719 EV	2,072,908
Minnesota	11	51.9%644,19611 EV	48.1%596,274	1,240,470
Missouri	15	52.4%958,47615 EV	47.6%871,009	1,829,485
Mississippi	9	98.4%168,2679 EV	1.6%2,814	171,081
Montana	4	59.4%145,6984 EV	40.6%99,579	245,277
North Carolina	13	74.0%609,01513 EV	26.0%213,633	822,648
North Dakota	4	44.5%124,036	55.5%154,5904 EV	278,626
Nebraska	7	42.8%263,677	57.2%352,2017 EV	615,878
New Hampshire	4	53.2%125,2924 EV	46.8%110,127	235,419
New Jersey	16	51.8%1,016,80816 EV	48.2%945,475	1,962,283
New Mexico	3	56.7%103,6993 EV	43.3%79,315	183,014
Nevada	3	60.1%31,9453 EV	39.9%21,229	53,174
New York	47	51.8%3,251,91847 EV	48.2%3,027,478	6,279,396
Ohio	26	52.2%1,733,13926 EV	47.8%1,586,773	3,319,912
Oklahoma	11	57.6%474,31311 EV	42.4%348,872	823,185
Oregon	5	54.1%258,4155 EV	45.9%219,555	477,970
Pennsylvania	36	53.5%2,171,03536 EV	46.5%1,889,848	4,060,883
Rhode Island	4	56.7%181,1224 EV	43.3%138,214	319,336
South Carolina	8	98.2%95,4708 EV	1.8%1,727	97,197
South Dakota	4	42.6%131,362	57.4%177,0654 EV	308,427
Tennessee	11	67.5%351,60111 EV	32.5%169,153	520,754
Texas	23	80.8%840,15123 EV	19.2%199,152	1,039,303
Utah	4	62.4%154,2774 EV	37.7%93,151	247,428
Virginia	11	68.3%235,96111 EV	31.7%109,363	345,324
Vermont	3	45.1%64,269	54.9%78,3713 EV	142,640
Washington	8	58.9%462,1458 EV	41.1%322,123	784,268
Wisconsin	12	50.9%704,82112 EV	49.1%679,206	1,384,027
West Virginia	8	57.1%495,6628 EV	42.9%372,414	868,076
Wyoming	3	53.0%59,2873 EV	47.0%52,633	111,920

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).