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      Home/Elections/1940/President/Nevada
      1940·President·Nevada

      Nevada Presidential Election

      Franklin Delano Roosevelt60.1%vs.Wendell Willkie39.9%|
      D+20.1
      |53,174 votes
      2 candidates53,174 total votes
      CandidatePartyVotes ▼%Vote Share
      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM✓
      		DEM31,94560.1%
      Wendell WillkieREP
      		REP21,22939.9%

      Seat History

      President in Nevada

      2024
      Donald J TrumpREP
      R+3.1
      2020
      Joe BidenDEM
      D+2.4
      2016
      Hillary Rodham ClintonDEM
      D+2.4
      2012
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+6.7
      2008
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+12.5
      2004
      George W. BushREP
      R+2.6
      2000
      George W. BushREP
      R+3.5
      1996
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+1.0
      1992
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+2.6
      1988
      George H.W. BushREP
      R+20.9
      1984
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+33.9
      1980
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+35.6
      1976
      Gerald FordREP
      R+4.4
      1972
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+27.4
      1968
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+8.2
      View all President history for Nevada →

      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 Nevada, 1940

      US Senate1 contest →
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