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      Home/Elections/1940/President/Pennsylvania
      1940·President·Pennsylvania

      Pennsylvania Presidential Election

      Franklin Delano Roosevelt53.2%vs.Wendell Willkie46.3%|
      D+6.9
      |4,078,714 votes
      3 candidates4,078,714 total votes
      CandidatePartyVotes ▼%Vote Share
      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM✓
      		DEM2,171,03553.2%
      Wendell WillkieREP
      		REP1,889,84846.3%
      OtherOTH
      		OTH17,8310.4%

      Seat History

      President in Pennsylvania

      2024
      Donald J TrumpREP
      R+1.7
      2020
      Joe BidenDEM
      D+1.2
      2016
      Donald J TrumpREP
      R+0.8
      2012
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+5.4
      2008
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+10.3
      2004
      John KerryDEM
      D+2.5
      2000
      Al GoreDEM
      D+4.2
      1996
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+9.2
      1992
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+9.0
      1988
      George H.W. BushREP
      R+2.3
      1984
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+7.3
      1980
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+7.1
      1976
      Jimmy CarterDEM
      D+2.7
      1972
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+20.0
      1968
      Herbert H. HumphreyDEM
      D+3.6
      View all President history for Pennsylvania →

      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 Pennsylvania, 1940

      US Senate1 contest →
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