Who won the 1940 presidential election?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1940 presidential election with 405 electoral votes and 53.8% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1940?

The 1940 Electoral College result was 405 Democratic to 124 Republican (535 total electoral votes, 268 needed to win).

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Presidential Election · 1940

Elected President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Democraticdefeating Wendell Willkie

405

Roosevelt

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

124

Willkie

405 EV268 needed to win124 EV

Popular Vote

Roosevelt(DEM)53.8%

Willkie(REP)44.6%

Other(OTH)1.6%

National margin:D+9.2%

50,018,063 total votes cast

View state-by-state results →

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Roosevelt: 37 states · 405 EV|Willkie: 11 states · 124 EV

	State ▲	EV	Roosevelt %	Votes	Willkie %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	11	85.2%	250,723	14.3%	42,167	—	D+70.9	↓ R+2.7
▶	Arizona	4	63.5%	95,267	36.0%	54,030	—	D+27.5	↓ R+15.4
▶	Arkansas	6	78.4%	157,258	21.0%	42,122	—	D+57.4	↓ R+6.5
▶	California	32	57.4%	1,877,618	41.3%	1,351,419	—	D+16.1	↓ R+19.2
▶	Colorado	6	48.4%	265,364	50.9%	279,022	—	R+2.5	↓ R+25.7
▶	Connecticut	8	53.4%	417,621	46.2%	361,021	—	D+7.2	↓ R+7.7
▶	Delaware	3	54.7%	74,599	45.1%	61,440	—	D+9.7	↓ R+2.6
▶	Florida	10	74.0%	359,334	26.0%	126,158	—	D+48.0	↓ R+4.2
▶	Georgia	12	84.8%	265,194	7.7%	24,044	7.5%	D+77.1	↑ D+2.6
▶	Idaho	4	54.4%	127,842	45.3%	106,509	—	D+9.1	↓ R+20.7
▶	Illinois	27	51.0%	2,149,934	48.5%	2,047,240	—	D+2.4	↓ R+15.6
▶	Indiana	13	49.0%	874,063	50.5%	899,466	—	R+1.4	↓ R+16.2
▶	Iowa	10	47.6%	578,802	52.0%	632,370	—	R+4.4	↓ R+16.1
▶	Kansas	8	42.4%	364,725	56.9%	489,169	—	R+14.5	↓ R+22.2
▶	Kentucky	10	57.4%	557,312	42.3%	410,384	—	D+15.1	↓ R+3.5
▶	Louisiana	10	85.9%	319,751	14.1%	52,446	—	D+71.8	↓ R+5.9
▶	Maine	5	48.8%	156,478	51.1%	163,951	—	R+2.3	↑ D+11.7
▶	Maryland	9	58.3%	384,552	40.8%	269,534	—	D+17.4	↓ R+11.6
▶	Massachusetts	16	53.1%	1,076,522	46.4%	939,700	—	D+6.8	↓ R+2.7
▶	Michigan	20	49.5%	1,032,991	49.9%	1,039,917	—	R+0.3	↓ R+17.9
▶	Minnesota	11	51.5%	644,196	47.7%	596,274	—	D+3.8	↓ R+27.0
▶	Mississippi	8	95.7%	168,267	1.6%	2,817	—	D+94.1	→ Even
▶	Missouri	13	49.1%	958,526	44.6%	871,009	6.3%	D+4.5	↓ R+16.9
▶	Montana	4	58.8%	145,698	40.2%	99,579	—	D+18.6	↓ R+23.1
▶	Nebraska	6	42.8%	263,677	57.2%	352,201	—	R+14.4	↓ R+30.8
▶	Nevada	3	60.1%	31,945	39.9%	21,229	—	D+20.1	↓ R+25.5
▶	New Hampshire	4	53.2%	125,292	46.8%	110,127	—	D+6.4	↑ D+4.7
▶	New Jersey	16	51.5%	1,016,404	47.9%	944,876	—	D+3.6	↓ R+16.4
▶	New Mexico	4	56.6%	103,699	43.3%	79,315	—	D+13.3	↓ R+12.8
▶	New York	45	45.0%	2,834,500	48.0%	3,027,478	7.0%	R+3.1	↓ R+18.0
▶	North Carolina	14	74.0%	609,015	26.0%	213,633	—	D+48.1	↑ D+1.3
▶	North Dakota	4	44.2%	124,036	55.1%	154,590	—	R+10.9	↓ R+43.9
▶	Ohio	25	52.2%	1,733,139	47.8%	1,586,773	—	D+4.4	↓ R+16.1
▶	Oklahoma	8	57.4%	474,313	42.2%	348,872	—	D+15.2	↓ R+19.0
▶	Oregon	6	53.7%	258,415	45.6%	219,554	—	D+8.1	↓ R+26.7
▶	Pennsylvania	32	53.2%	2,171,035	46.3%	1,889,848	—	D+6.9	↓ R+9.2
▶	Rhode Island	4	56.7%	182,182	43.2%	138,653	—	D+13.6	↑ D+0.9
▶	South Carolina	8	95.6%	95,470	1.8%	1,771	—	D+93.9	↓ R+3.3
▶	South Dakota	4	42.6%	131,362	57.4%	177,065	—	R+14.8	↓ R+26.3
▶	Tennessee	11	67.3%	351,601	32.4%	169,153	—	D+34.9	↓ R+3.2
▶	Texas	24	81.0%	909,975	18.9%	212,033	—	D+62.1	↓ R+12.4
▶	Utah	4	62.2%	153,833	37.6%	92,973	—	D+24.6	↓ R+15.3
▶	Vermont	3	44.9%	64,269	54.8%	78,371	—	R+9.9	↑ D+3.3
▶	Virginia	12	68.1%	235,961	31.6%	109,363	—	D+36.5	↓ R+4.3
▶	Washington	9	58.2%	462,145	40.6%	322,123	—	D+17.6	↓ R+18.9
▶	West Virginia	8	57.1%	495,662	42.9%	372,414	—	D+14.2	↓ R+7.2
▶	Wisconsin	12	50.1%	704,811	48.3%	679,202	—	D+1.8	↓ R+31.7
▶	Wyoming	3	52.8%	59,287	46.9%	52,633	—	D+5.9	↓ R+17.2

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1936 margin. Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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