Franklin D. Roosevelt carried New York D+3.6.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in New York, 1940. The state ran 6.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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New York result

6,313,897 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

3,251,918

51.5%

Willkie (R)

3,027,478

47.9%

All others

34,501

0.5%

Margin

D+3.6

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1940 presidential election

New York, 1940

RooseveltD+3.6

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.5%	3,251,918
Wendell WillkieRepublican	47.9%	3,027,478
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	34,501

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+13.3%	77,052	58,912	136,174
Allegany County	R	−50.7%	5,077	15,611	20,767
Bronx County	D	+35.3%	418,931	198,293	624,204
Broome County	R	−15.6%	32,092	44,013	76,284
Cattaraugus County	R	−31.6%	11,924	22,987	35,055
Cayuga County	R	−20.0%	13,985	21,032	35,173
Chautauqua County	R	−24.4%	21,524	35,536	57,316
Chemung County	R	−18.5%	15,203	22,156	37,499
Chenango County	R	−45.9%	5,241	14,168	19,452
Clinton County	D	+4.6%	11,378	10,369	21,800
Columbia County	R	−22.3%	8,591	13,527	22,162
Cortland County	R	−40.7%	5,147	12,233	17,411
Delaware County	R	−44.8%	5,968	15,684	21,700
Dutchess County	R	−11.6%	25,598	32,329	58,049
Erie County	D	+1.6%	189,779	183,664	374,435
Essex County	R	−36.2%	5,545	11,868	17,451
Franklin County	R	−9.4%	9,479	11,446	20,958
Fulton County	R	−24.4%	9,040	14,896	24,015
Genesee County	R	−36.9%	6,664	14,503	21,229
Greene County	R	−22.4%	6,425	10,153	16,616
Hamilton County	R	−41.4%	840	2,029	2,873
Herkimer County	R	−14.9%	13,013	17,590	30,657
Jefferson County	R	−27.3%	14,581	25,584	40,262
Kings County	D	+30.4%	742,668	394,534	1,145,567
Lewis County	R	−39.7%	3,466	8,049	11,532
Livingston County	R	−32.7%	6,397	12,629	19,084
Madison County	R	−41.4%	6,301	15,262	21,662
Monroe County	D	+2.6%	120,613	114,383	236,095
Montgomery County	R	−1.5%	15,079	15,546	30,659
Nassau County	R	−32.4%	73,171	143,672	217,293
New York County	D	+23.9%	478,153	292,480	778,099
Niagara County	R	−5.0%	33,207	36,729	70,101
Oneida County	R	−3.2%	49,109	52,362	101,742
Onondaga County	R	−14.8%	67,481	91,056	159,022
Ontario County	R	−34.9%	9,110	18,932	28,162
Orange County	R	−16.9%	27,632	38,913	66,690
Orleans County	R	−41.5%	4,525	10,958	15,519
Oswego County	R	−25.5%	13,459	22,688	36,230
Otsego County	R	−36.4%	7,798	16,771	24,647
Putnam County	R	−19.8%	4,794	7,164	11,997
Queens County	R	−5.8%	288,024	323,406	613,954
Rensselaer County	R	−10.1%	32,387	39,648	72,132
Richmond County	R	−0.8%	38,307	38,911	77,467
Rockland County	R	−14.6%	14,897	20,040	35,299
Saratoga County	R	−17.2%	15,037	21,298	36,433
Schenectady County	R	−3.1%	32,041	34,101	66,476
Schoharie County	R	−28.4%	4,073	7,316	11,414
Schuyler County	R	−38.0%	2,211	4,936	7,171
Seneca County	R	−33.0%	4,203	8,364	12,598
St. Lawrence County	R	−21.9%	15,569	24,339	39,990
Steuben County	R	−30.5%	14,651	27,587	42,365
Suffolk County	R	−30.5%	33,853	63,712	97,835
Sullivan County	R	−9.6%	9,785	11,877	21,738
Tioga County	R	−40.2%	4,081	9,618	13,758
Tompkins County	R	−33.2%	7,118	14,325	21,693
Ulster County	R	−14.2%	20,403	27,186	47,696
Warren County	R	−30.7%	7,226	13,657	20,923
Washington County	R	−33.3%	7,977	15,960	23,975
Wayne County	R	−44.5%	7,358	19,196	26,616
Westchester County	R	−24.8%	110,114	182,883	293,691
Wyoming County	R	−44.0%	4,393	11,323	15,755
Yates County	R	−53.0%	2,170	7,084	9,275