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1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire New Hampshire presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 1936 1944 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 1944 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 4 125,292 53.22% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 110,127 46.78% x280px County results x280px Municipality results Roosevelt
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#ae8bb1 50% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States)
The 1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New Hampshire was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.
Roosevelt won New Hampshire by 6.44%, at the time the best performance by a Democratic presidential candidate in this traditionally Republican state since the latter party was foundedDave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – New Hampshire and the first time since Franklin Pierce in 1852 that a Democrat won the state with an absolute majority of the vote. It had previously been won with a plurality by Roosevelt four years earlier and by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and 1916.
Roosevelt's gain in New Hampshire and other New England states, in an election when Willkie carried almost 700 counties that the President had won during his landslide four years beforehand, was due to support in the region for helping Britain and France during World War II. New Hampshire was one of five states that shifted left from 1936, alongside Maine, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1940 Presidential General Election Data -- National
Results
1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1940&fips=33&f=1&off=0&elect=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Democratic Party (United States)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New York
Henry Agard Wallace
Iowa
125,292
53.22%
4
100.00%
Republican Party (United States)
Wendell Willkie
New York
Charles Linza McNary
Oregon
110,127
46.78%
0
0.00%
235,419
100.00%
4
100.00%
Results by county
CountyFranklin Delano RooseveltDemocraticWendell Lewis WillkieRepublicanMarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 294 0405077114 # % # % # % Belknap 5,653 48.04% 6,115 51.96% -462-3.93% 11,768 Carroll 2,870 33.66% 5,656 66.34% -2,786 -32.68% 8,526 Cheshire 6,916 45.45% 8,302 54.55% -1,386 -9.11% 15,218 Coös 10,100 60.30% 6,650 39.70% 3,450 20.60% 16,750 Grafton 9,761 45.96% 11,478 54.04% -1,717 -8.08% 21,239 Hillsborough 42,580 61.91% 26,201 38.09% 16,379 23.81% 68,781 Merrimack 14,692 49.61% 14,923 50.39% -231 -0.78% 29,615 Rockingham 14,001 46.32% 16,223 53.68% -2,222 -7.35% 30,224 Strafford 12,847 58.82% 8,996 41.18% 3,851 17.63% 21,843Sullivan 5,872 51.26% 5,583 48.74% 289 2.52% 11,455Totals125,29253.22%110,12746.78%15,1656.44%235,419
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Sullivan
See also
United States presidential elections in New Hampshire
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