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      Home/Elections/1940/President/Maine
      1940·President·Maine

      Maine Presidential Election

      Wendell Willkie51.1%vs.Franklin Delano Roosevelt48.8%|
      R+2.3
      |320,840 votes
      3 candidates320,840 total votes
      CandidatePartyVotes ▼%Vote Share
      Wendell WillkieREP✓
      		REP163,95151.1%
      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM
      		DEM156,47848.8%
      OtherOTH
      		OTH4110.1%

      Seat History

      President in Maine

      2024
      Kamala D HarrisDEM
      D+6.5
      2020
      Joe BidenDEM
      D+8.7
      2016
      Hillary Rodham ClintonDEM
      D+2.7
      2012
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+15.1
      2008
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+17.3
      2004
      John KerryDEM
      D+9.0
      2000
      Al GoreDEM
      D+5.1
      1996
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+20.9
      1992
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+8.4
      1988
      George H.W. BushREP
      R+11.4
      1984
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+22.1
      1980
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+3.4
      1976
      Gerald FordREP
      R+0.8
      1972
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+23.0
      1968
      Herbert H. HumphreyDEM
      D+12.7
      View all President history for Maine →

      Candidates

      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM
      Record163W-31L
      Avg MarginD+23.0
      Career1928-1944
      President / Governor
      Full profile →
      Wendell WillkieREP
      Record11W-37L
      Avg MarginD+19.0
      Career1940-1940
      President
      Full profile →

      Also in Maine, 1940

      US Senate1 contest →Governor1 contest →
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