Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Minnesota D+3.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Minnesota, 1940. The state ran 6.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

1,251,188 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

644,196

51.5%

Willkie (R)

596,274

47.7%

All others

10,718

0.9%

Margin

D+3.8

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1940 presidential election

Minnesota, 1940

RooseveltD+3.8

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.5%	644,196
Wendell WillkieRepublican	47.7%	596,274
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	10,718

D+60

R+60

87 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1940

87 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−1.8%	3,610	3,744	7,470
Anoka County	D	+12.1%	5,501	4,302	9,883
Becker County	D	+19.8%	6,432	4,292	10,816
Beltrami County	D	+32.9%	7,036	3,511	10,713
Benton County	R	−12.0%	2,742	3,491	6,261
Big Stone County	D	+13.2%	2,517	1,925	4,482
Blue Earth County	R	−24.1%	5,880	9,642	15,584
Brown County	R	−34.1%	3,678	7,533	11,301
Carlton County	D	+35.2%	7,159	3,400	10,670
Carver County	R	−57.5%	1,753	6,528	8,303
Cass County	D	+3.6%	4,392	4,089	8,533
Chippewa County	D	+9.0%	3,969	3,307	7,340
Chisago County	R	−12.9%	2,746	3,569	6,377
Clay County	D	+17.1%	6,295	4,450	10,793
Clearwater County	D	+41.4%	3,289	1,354	4,678
Cook County	D	+1.0%	686	673	1,366
Cottonwood County	R	−17.1%	2,991	4,228	7,255
Crow Wing County	D	+10.8%	6,876	5,524	12,550
Dakota County	D	+5.6%	9,327	8,339	17,743
Dodge County	R	−16.0%	2,357	3,257	5,625
Douglas County	R	−1.6%	4,507	4,652	9,207
Faribault County	R	−24.8%	4,099	6,816	10,971
Fillmore County	R	−34.3%	3,826	7,839	11,704
Freeborn County	D	+1.9%	6,942	6,683	13,680
Goodhue County	R	−16.7%	6,475	9,095	15,656
Grant County	R	−3.2%	2,291	2,443	4,764
Hennepin County	D	+8.2%	145,168	122,960	270,358
Houston County	R	−39.5%	2,082	4,825	6,944
Hubbard County	R	−8.6%	2,141	2,544	4,711
Isanti County	D	+0.7%	2,654	2,617	5,361
Itasca County	D	+30.8%	9,899	5,196	15,254
Jackson County	D	+9.1%	4,065	3,387	7,482
Kanabec County	R	−2.8%	2,185	2,311	4,545
Kandiyohi County	D	+25.3%	7,187	4,263	11,540
Kittson County	D	+42.1%	3,167	1,279	4,480
Koochiching County	D	+42.5%	5,219	2,095	7,353
Lac qui Parle County	R	−9.9%	3,106	3,789	6,923
Lake County	D	+48.7%	2,750	933	3,733
Lake of the Woods County	D	+31.2%	1,638	850	2,528
Le Sueur County	R	−19.3%	3,750	5,543	9,313
Lincoln County	D	+6.6%	2,536	2,220	4,789
Lyon County	D	+9.7%	5,234	4,305	9,575
Mahnomen County	D	+29.3%	1,959	1,069	3,042
Marshall County	D	+30.0%	4,549	2,441	7,034
Martin County	R	−19.8%	4,290	6,409	10,720
McLeod County	R	−38.1%	2,884	6,474	9,420
Meeker County	R	−16.2%	3,615	5,026	8,686
Mille Lacs County	D	+2.2%	3,619	3,459	7,151
Morrison County	R	−5.4%	5,144	5,734	10,936
Mower County	D	+5.4%	7,988	7,169	15,217
Murray County	D	+2.5%	3,203	3,044	6,281
Nicollet County	R	−24.4%	2,832	4,674	7,537
Nobles County	R	−13.1%	3,919	5,104	9,059
Norman County	D	+26.3%	3,716	2,161	5,916
Olmsted County	R	−4.0%	8,393	9,096	17,551
Otter Tail County	R	−27.9%	7,705	13,737	21,629
Pennington County	D	+34.7%	3,886	1,857	5,841
Pine County	D	+12.1%	5,263	4,106	9,526
Pipestone County	R	−17.7%	2,390	3,423	5,842
Polk County	D	+34.1%	10,652	5,200	15,985
Pope County	D	+7.6%	3,266	2,805	6,090
Ramsey County	D	+15.8%	78,990	57,093	138,165
Red Lake County	D	+39.3%	2,023	876	2,915
Redwood County	R	−25.2%	3,637	6,105	9,782
Renville County	R	−14.8%	4,588	6,196	10,842
Rice County	R	−26.8%	4,687	8,143	12,875
Rock County	R	−19.4%	1,983	2,944	4,951
Roseau County	D	+41.8%	4,289	1,730	6,123
Scott County	R	−18.6%	2,910	4,241	7,172
Sherburne County	R	−21.8%	1,570	2,450	4,040
Sibley County	R	−47.1%	1,986	5,564	7,589
St. Louis County	D	+35.4%	68,620	32,243	102,623
Stearns County	R	−26.4%	9,305	16,027	25,434
Steele County	R	−20.1%	3,668	5,517	9,199
Stevens County	R	−12.9%	2,018	2,619	4,652
Swift County	D	+16.0%	3,899	2,815	6,768
Todd County	R	−16.0%	4,553	6,302	10,916
Traverse County	D	+18.6%	2,094	1,434	3,541
Wabasha County	R	−36.1%	2,655	5,656	8,324
Wadena County	R	−9.2%	2,405	2,898	5,340
Waseca County	R	−25.5%	2,673	4,515	7,213
Washington County	R	−3.2%	6,288	6,710	13,052
Watonwan County	R	−11.1%	2,783	3,478	6,289
Wilkin County	D	+2.6%	2,176	2,067	4,249
Winona County	R	−14.3%	7,187	9,599	16,891
Wright County	R	−34.8%	3,993	8,297	12,377
Yellow Medicine County	R	−2.3%	3,786	3,964	7,789