Elections / 1940 · President

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Wendell Willkie.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

National popular vote

49,913,876 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

27,312,628

54.7%

Willkie (R)

22,347,870

44.8%

All others

252,284

0.5%

Margin

D+9.9

The county map

3,088 county-level results on record for 1940

Democrats carried 1,945 counties, Republicans 1,143. 713 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Washington County, TX (R+96.3 swing) · McIntosh County, ND (R+95.2 swing) · Oliver County, ND (R+94.9 swing) · Mercer County, ND (R+92.5 swing) · Grant County, ND (R+87.6 swing) · Emmons County, ND (R+86.5 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+70.9%	250,726	42,184	294,217
Arkansas	D	+57.4%	157,213	42,122	200,429
Arizona	D	+27.5%	95,267	54,030	150,039
California	D	+16.1%	1,877,618	1,351,419	3,268,791
Colorado	R	−2.6%	265,554	279,576	549,004
Connecticut	D	+7.1%	417,611	361,809	781,483
Delaware	D	+9.7%	74,599	61,440	136,039
Florida	D	+48.0%	359,334	126,158	485,492
Georgia	D	+69.9%	265,194	46,495	312,686
Iowa	R	−4.4%	578,802	632,370	1,215,432
Idaho	D	+9.1%	127,842	106,553	235,168
Illinois	D	+2.4%	2,149,934	2,047,240	4,217,935
Indiana	R	−1.4%	874,063	899,466	1,782,747
Kansas	R	−14.5%	364,725	489,169	860,297
Kentucky	D	+15.1%	557,322	410,384	970,163
Louisiana	D	+71.8%	319,751	52,446	372,305
Massachusetts	D	+6.7%	1,076,522	939,700	2,026,993
Maryland	D	+17.4%	384,546	269,534	660,104
Maine	R	−2.3%	156,478	163,951	320,840
Michigan	R	−0.3%	1,032,991	1,039,917	2,085,929
Minnesota	D	+3.8%	644,196	596,274	1,251,188
Missouri	D	+4.8%	958,476	871,009	1,833,729
Mississippi	D	+91.5%	168,267	7,364	175,824
Montana	D	+18.6%	145,698	99,579	247,873
North Carolina	D	+48.1%	609,015	213,633	822,648
North Dakota	R	−10.9%	124,036	154,590	280,775
Nebraska	R	−14.4%	263,677	352,201	615,878
New Hampshire	D	+6.4%	125,292	110,127	235,419
New Jersey	D	+3.6%	1,016,404	944,876	1,974,215
New Mexico	D	+13.3%	103,699	79,315	183,258
Nevada	D	+20.2%	31,945	21,229	53,174
New York	D	+3.6%	3,251,918	3,027,478	6,313,897
Ohio	D	+4.4%	1,733,139	1,586,773	3,319,912
Oklahoma	D	+15.2%	474,313	348,872	826,212
Oregon	D	+8.1%	258,415	219,555	481,240
Pennsylvania	D	+6.9%	2,171,035	1,889,848	4,078,714
Rhode Island	D	+13.6%	182,182	138,653	321,148
South Carolina	D	+91.3%	95,470	4,360	99,832
South Dakota	R	−14.8%	131,362	177,065	308,427
Tennessee	D	+34.9%	351,601	169,153	522,823
Texas	D	+62.0%	909,974	212,692	1,124,437
Utah	D	+24.7%	154,277	93,151	247,819
Virginia	D	+36.5%	235,961	109,363	346,608
Vermont	R	−9.9%	64,269	78,371	143,062
Washington	D	+17.6%	462,145	322,123	793,833
Wisconsin	D	+1.8%	704,821	679,206	1,405,522
West Virginia	D	+14.2%	495,662	372,414	868,076
Wyoming	D	+5.9%	59,287	52,633	112,240