Wendell Willkie carried North Dakota R+10.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in North Dakota, 1940. The state ran 20.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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North Dakota result

280,775 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

124,036

44.2%

Willkie (R)

154,590

55.1%

All others

2,149

0.8%

Margin

R+10.9

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1940 presidential election

North Dakota, 1940

WillkieR+10.9

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Wendell Willkie ✓Republican	55.1%	154,590
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	44.2%	124,036
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	2,149

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−18.8%	837	1,231	2,095
Barnes County	R	−15.7%	3,384	4,649	8,062
Benson County	D	+7.6%	2,898	2,485	5,420
Billings County	R	−24.3%	404	663	1,068
Bottineau County	R	−11.7%	2,469	3,129	5,628
Bowman County	R	−2.5%	882	927	1,831
Burke County	R	−18.0%	1,342	1,951	3,391
Burleigh County	R	−14.7%	4,350	5,858	10,266
Cass County	R	−2.7%	11,911	12,567	24,586
Cavalier County	R	−1.6%	2,757	2,845	5,618
Dickey County	R	−21.8%	1,721	2,777	4,835
Divide County	D	+10.3%	1,771	1,437	3,242
Dunn County	R	−20.9%	1,392	2,132	3,536
Eddy County	D	+1.8%	1,368	1,319	2,724
Emmons County	R	−55.2%	1,004	3,515	4,548
Foster County	D	+13.1%	1,446	1,109	2,567
Golden Valley County	R	−11.7%	689	873	1,571
Grand Forks County	D	+8.7%	8,396	7,043	15,506
Grant County	R	−63.4%	627	2,815	3,453
Griggs County	D	+13.4%	1,464	1,117	2,592
Hettinger County	R	−57.0%	671	2,468	3,151
Kidder County	R	−45.0%	837	2,214	3,062
LaMoure County	R	−28.3%	1,637	2,943	4,620
Logan County	R	−67.4%	498	2,572	3,077
McHenry County	R	−27.0%	2,225	3,894	6,174
McIntosh County	R	−83.3%	318	3,494	3,812
McKenzie County	D	+21.7%	2,440	1,563	4,046
McLean County	R	−20.8%	2,666	4,113	6,972
Mercer County	R	−70.9%	567	3,341	3,914
Morton County	R	−31.0%	2,889	5,499	8,428
Mountrail County	D	+9.3%	2,392	1,981	4,435
Nelson County	D	+13.3%	2,435	1,859	4,316
Oliver County	R	−67.2%	266	1,356	1,623
Pembina County	D	+11.8%	3,711	2,924	6,655
Pierce County	R	−23.6%	1,451	2,349	3,811
Ramsey County	R	−1.4%	3,530	3,629	7,194
Ransom County	R	−12.9%	1,986	2,579	4,589
Renville County	D	+3.8%	1,298	1,202	2,556
Richland County	R	−17.4%	3,584	5,102	8,734
Rolette County	D	+28.8%	2,820	1,555	4,392
Sargent County	R	−0.7%	1,894	1,922	3,843
Sheridan County	R	−63.0%	543	2,405	2,957
Sioux County	R	−33.7%	578	1,167	1,746
Slope County	R	−15.5%	585	801	1,391
Stark County	R	−35.5%	2,075	4,367	6,457
Steele County	D	+3.8%	1,434	1,328	2,784
Stutsman County	R	−18.2%	3,897	5,634	9,562
Towner County	R	−1.0%	1,596	1,630	3,241
Traill County	R	−7.5%	2,476	2,882	5,390
Walsh County	D	+28.6%	5,499	3,051	8,568
Ward County	D	+8.0%	7,669	6,519	14,293
Wells County	R	−27.8%	1,878	3,335	5,232
Williams County	D	+29.2%	4,579	2,470	7,211