Presidential election · 1940
1940 electoral map
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1940 presidential election with 449 electoral votes to Wendell Willkie's 82. Roosevelt carried 38 of the 48 states that took part.
Winner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
449
Republican
Wendell Willkie
82
266 needed to win · official Electoral College count
DemocraticRepublicanNot a state yet / did not vote
States won in 1940
Franklin D. Roosevelt· Democratic
38 statesNew York 47Pennsylvania 36Illinois 29Ohio 26Texas 23California 22Massachusetts 17New Jersey 16Missouri 15North Carolina 13Georgia 12Wisconsin 12Alabama 11Kentucky 11Minnesota 11Oklahoma 11Tennessee 11Virginia 11Louisiana 10Arkansas 9Mississippi 9Connecticut 8Maryland 8South Carolina 8Washington 8West Virginia 8Florida 7Oregon 5Idaho 4Montana 4New Hampshire 4Rhode Island 4Utah 4Arizona 3Delaware 3Nevada 3New Mexico 3Wyoming 3
Wendell Willkie· Republican
10 statesElectoral College in 1940
48 states held 531 electoral votes in 1940; a majority was 266. The largest prize was New York with 47 electoral votes.
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Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1940 election article.