Minnesota 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Minnesota 1940 presidential election with 644,196 votes (51.5%), a margin of D+3.8. Minnesota's 10 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

51.5%

47.7%

644,196

Democratic Candidate (51.5%)

596,274

Republican Candidate (47.7%)

Total Votes: 1,251,188|Margin: D+3.8

County Results

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County Results (87 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Lake County	D+48.7	D+20.9	D+37.8	3,733	R+13.3%
Koochiching County	D+42.5	D+9.1	D+10.0	7,353	R+15.1%
Kittson County	D+42.1	R+13.1	R+3.2	4,480	R+5.8%
Roseau County	D+41.8	R+11.7	R+19.4	6,123	R+4.4%
Clearwater County	D+41.4	D+0.9	R+3.7	4,678	R+11.9%
Red Lake County	D+39.3	D+3.5	D+4.4	2,915	R+19.8%
St. Louis County	D+35.4	D+31.4	D+38.6	102,623	R+14.8%
Carlton County	D+35.2	D+27.4	D+30.4	10,670	R+17.2%
Pennington County	D+34.7	R+8.3	R+9.6	5,841	R+13.3%
Polk County	D+34.1	R+10.7	R+10.0	15,985	R+15.0%
Beltrami County	D+32.9	D+6.1	D+0.4	10,713	R+15.4%
Lake of the Woods County	D+31.2	R+14.4	R+13.9	2,528	R+26.4%
Itasca County	D+30.8	D+16.9	D+10.3	15,254	R+10.5%
Marshall County	D+30.0	R+14.8	R+11.7	7,034	R+12.3%
Mahnomen County	D+29.3	R+3.8	R+3.4	3,042	R+29.6%
Norman County	D+26.3	D+1.3	D+1.1	5,916	R+13.8%
Kandiyohi County	D+25.3	R+2.4	R+6.3	11,540	R+17.7%
Becker County	D+19.8	R+12.4	R+16.0	10,816	R+20.3%
Traverse County	D+18.6	R+10.4	R+2.7	3,541	R+30.2%
Clay County	D+17.1	R+6.7	R+5.8	10,793	R+18.3%
Swift County	D+16.0	D+4.4	D+9.8	6,768	R+19.6%
Ramsey County	D+15.8	D+19.7	D+19.2	138,165	R+26.8%
Big Stone County	D+13.2	R+3.3	D+4.5	4,482	R+25.1%
Pine County	D+12.1	D+12.6	D+7.5	9,526	R+26.6%
Anoka County	D+12.1	D+14.2	D+3.8	9,883	R+12.1%
Crow Wing County	D+10.8	R+7.0	R+13.1	12,550	R+16.9%
Lyon County	D+9.7	R+1.8	R+14.1	9,575	R+21.3%
Jackson County	D+9.1	R+4.7	D+4.6	7,482	R+39.7%
Chippewa County	D+9.0	R+13.4	R+12.9	7,340	R+18.5%
Hennepin County	D+8.2	D+8.8	D+3.5	270,358	R+17.5%
Pope County	D+7.6	R+10.3	R+5.2	6,090	R+17.8%
Lincoln County	D+6.6	R+11.7	R+2.1	4,789	R+27.2%
Dakota County	D+5.6	D+2.9	R+5.7	17,743	R+25.9%
Mower County	D+5.4	D+12.9	D+21.5	15,217	R+20.5%
Cass County	D+3.6	R+12.2	R+16.1	8,533	R+21.1%
Wilkin County	D+2.6	R+17.7	R+25.2	4,249	R+26.6%
Murray County	D+2.5	R+4.7	R+0.7	6,281	R+37.2%
Mille Lacs County	D+2.2	D+6.5	R+3.5	7,151	R+24.7%
Freeborn County	D+1.9	R+1.5	D+5.2	13,680	R+20.3%
Cook County	D+1.0	R+12.2	R+3.8	1,366	R+32.8%
Isanti County	D+0.7	D+9.0	R+2.5	5,361	R+38.4%
Douglas County	R+1.6	R+15.6	R+24.5	9,207	R+22.0%
Aitkin County	R+1.8	D+3.7	D+7.0	7,470	R+22.1%
Yellow Medicine County	R+2.3	R+15.8	R+11.6	7,789	R+30.6%
Kanabec County	R+2.8	D+2.8	R+6.4	4,545	R+32.8%
Grant County	R+3.2	R+5.4	R+6.1	4,764	R+22.6%
Washington County	R+3.2	D+5.3	R+0.9	13,052	R+28.0%
Olmsted County	R+4.0	R+21.3	R+26.3	17,551	R+28.4%
Morrison County	R+5.4	D+4.5	R+9.6	10,936	R+40.2%
Hubbard County	R+8.6	R+17.7	R+24.3	4,711	R+25.6%
Wadena County	R+9.2	R+20.5	R+27.3	5,340	R+24.4%
Lac qui Parle County	R+9.9	R+8.9	R+0.8	6,923	R+29.5%
Watonwan County	R+11.1	R+18.0	R+18.4	6,289	R+41.2%
Benton County	R+12.0	R+2.0	R+16.1	6,261	R+34.8%
Chisago County	R+12.9	D+9.8	D+3.1	6,377	R+27.7%
Stevens County	R+12.9	R+11.2	R+13.9	4,652	R+36.2%
Nobles County	R+13.1	R+0.0	R+2.7	9,059	R+41.8%
Winona County	R+14.3	R+2.3	R+11.0	16,891	R+39.5%
Renville County	R+14.8	R+14.2	R+16.6	10,842	R+39.1%
Dodge County	R+16.0	R+16.9	R+22.6	5,625	R+29.1%
Todd County	R+16.0	R+12.2	R+17.1	10,916	R+34.5%
Meeker County	R+16.2	R+7.9	R+13.9	8,686	R+39.6%
Goodhue County	R+16.7	R+3.8	R+12.5	15,656	R+34.7%
Cottonwood County	R+17.1	R+16.6	R+16.3	7,255	R+38.5%
Pipestone County	R+17.7	R+13.1	R+11.9	5,842	R+39.8%
Scott County	R+18.6	D+0.5	R+14.1	7,172	R+54.1%
Le Sueur County	R+19.3	R+2.7	R+8.6	9,313	R+44.4%
Rock County	R+19.4	R+18.8	R+15.1	4,951	R+43.3%
Martin County	R+19.8	R+22.4	R+21.9	10,720	R+54.4%
Steele County	R+20.1	R+19.0	R+26.7	9,199	R+33.6%
Sherburne County	R+21.8	D+1.4	R+11.4	4,040	R+28.7%
Blue Earth County	R+24.1	R+4.0	R+9.2	15,584	R+42.5%
Nicollet County	R+24.4	R+7.6	R+12.6	7,537	R+49.8%
Faribault County	R+24.8	R+24.7	R+17.4	10,971	R+43.3%
Redwood County	R+25.2	R+31.4	R+33.8	9,782	R+43.9%
Waseca County	R+25.5	R+13.6	R+21.8	7,213	R+41.9%
Stearns County	R+26.4	R+5.9	R+18.0	25,434	R+59.6%
Rice County	R+26.8	D+6.6	D+2.0	12,875	R+35.3%
Otter Tail County	R+27.9	R+22.9	R+23.3	21,629	R+26.5%
Brown County	R+34.1	R+22.2	R+30.3	11,301	R+72.7%
Fillmore County	R+34.3	R+21.6	R+18.5	11,704	R+31.5%
Wright County	R+34.8	D+0.3	R+10.4	12,377	R+46.0%
Wabasha County	R+36.1	R+13.5	R+15.4	8,324	R+55.0%
McLeod County	R+38.1	R+20.2	R+28.1	9,420	R+56.8%
Houston County	R+39.5	R+24.9	R+23.1	6,944	R+47.0%
Sibley County	R+47.1	R+25.4	R+25.1	7,589	R+76.2%
Carver County	R+57.5	R+17.8	R+27.8	8,303	R+53.7%

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