1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota Minnesota 1893 presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota 1944 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party New York Henry A. Wallace 11 644,196 51.49% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 596,274 47.66% 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota results map by county.svg 350px County results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Willkie #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over dark horse Republican nominee Wendell Willkie of New York by a margin of 47,922 votes, or 3.83%. Nationally, Roosevelt was re-elected to an unprecedented third term as president, with 449 electoral votes and a 9.97% lead over Willkie in the popular vote. Results 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesotahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1940&fips=27&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 2016-10-05 1940 Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 644,196 51.49% 11 Republican Wendell Willkie 596,274 47.66% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 5,454 0.44% 0 Communist Earl Browder 2,711 0.22% 0 Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 2,553 0.20% 0 Totals 1,251,188 100.00% 11 Results by county County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 234-235 0405077114 # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,610 48.33% 3,744 50.12% 116 1.55% -134 -1.79% 7,470 Anoka 5,501 55.66% 4,302 43.53% 80 0.81% 1,199 12.13% 9,883 Becker 6,432 59.47% 4,292 39.68% 92 0.85% 2,140 19.79% 10,816 Beltrami 7,036 65.68% 3,511 32.77% 166 1.55% 3,525 32.90% 10,713 Benton 2,742 43.79% 3,491 55.76% 28 0.45% -749 -11.96% 6,261 Big Stone 2,517 56.16% 1,925 42.95% 40 0.89% 592 13.21% 4,482 Blue Earth 5,880 37.73% 9,642 61.87% 62 0.40% -3,762 -24.14% 15,584 Brown 3,678 32.55% 7,533 66.66% 90 0.80% -3,855 -34.11% 11,301 Carlton 7,159 67.09% 3,400 31.87% 111 1.04% 3,759 35.23% 10,670 Carver 1,753 21.11% 6,528 78.62% 22 0.26% -4,775 -57.51% 8,303 Cass 4,392 51.47% 4,089 47.92% 52 0.61% 303 3.55% 8,533 Chippewa 3,969 54.07% 3,307 45.05% 64 0.87% 662 9.02% 7,340 Chisago 2,746 43.06% 3,569 55.97% 62 0.97% -823 -12.91% 6,377 Clay 6,295 58.32% 4,450 41.23% 48 0.44% 1,845 17.09% 10,793 Clearwater 3,289 70.31% 1,354 28.94% 35 0.75% 1,935 41.36% 4,678 Cook 686 50.22% 673 49.27% 7 0.51% 13 0.95% 1,366 Cottonwood 2,991 41.23% 4,228 58.28% 36 0.50% -1,237 -17.05% 7,255 Crow Wing 6,876 54.79% 5,524 44.02% 150 1.20% 1,352 10.77% 12,550 Dakota 9,327 52.57% 8,339 47.00% 77 0.43% 988 5.57% 17,743 Dodge 2,357 41.90% 3,257 57.90% 11 0.20% -900 -16.00% 5,625 Douglas 4,507 48.95% 4,652 50.53% 48 0.52% -145 -1.57% 9,207 Faribault 4,099 37.36% 6,816 62.13% 56 0.51% -2,717 -24.77% 10,971 Fillmore 3,826 32.69% 7,839 66.98% 39 0.33% -4,013 -34.29% 11,704 Freeborn 6,942 50.75% 6,683 48.85% 55 0.40% 259 1.89% 13,680 Goodhue 6,475 41.36% 9,095 58.09% 86 0.55% -2,620 -16.73% 15,656 Grant 2,291 48.09% 2,443 51.28% 30 0.63% -152 -3.19% 4,764 Hennepin 145,168 53.69% 122,960 45.48% 2,230 0.82% 22,208 8.21% 270,358 Houston 2,082 29.98% 4,825 69.48% 37 0.53% -2,743 -39.50% 6,944 Hubbard 2,141 45.45% 2,544 54.00% 26 0.55% -403 -8.55% 4,711 Isanti 2,654 49.51% 2,617 48.82% 90 1.68% 37 0.69% 5,361 Itasca 9,899 64.89% 5,196 34.06% 159 1.04% 4,703 30.83% 15,254 Jackson 4,065 54.33% 3,387 45.27% 30 0.40% 678 9.06% 7,482 Kanabec 2,185 48.07% 2,311 50.85% 49 1.08% -126 -2.77% 4,545 Kandiyohi 7,187 62.28% 4,263 36.94% 90 0.78% 2,924 25.34% 11,540 Kittson 3,167 70.69% 1,279 28.55% 34 0.76% 1,888 42.14% 4,480 Koochiching 5,219 70.98% 2,095 28.49% 39 0.53% 3,124 42.49% 7,353 Lac qui Parle 3,106 44.86% 3,789 54.73% 28 0.40% -683 -9.87% 6,923 Lake 2,750 73.67% 933 24.99% 50 1.34% 1,817 48.67% 3,733 Lake of the Woods 1,638 64.79% 850 33.62% 40 1.58% 788 31.17% 2,528 Le Sueur 3,750 40.27% 5,543 59.52% 20 0.21% -1,793 -19.25% 9,313 Lincoln 2,536 52.95% 2,220 46.36% 33 0.69% 316 6.60% 4,789 Lyon 5,234 54.66% 4,305 44.96% 36 0.38% 929 9.70% 9,575 McLeod 2,884 30.62% 6,474 68.73% 62 0.66% -3,590 -38.11% 9,420 Mahnomen 1,959 64.40% 1,069 35.14% 14 0.46% 890 29.26% 3,042 Marshall 4,549 64.67% 2,441 34.70% 44 0.63% 2,108 29.97% 7,034 Martin 4,290 40.02% 6,409 59.79% 21 0.20% -2,119 -19.77% 10,720 Meeker 3,615 41.62% 5,026 57.86% 45 0.52% -1,411 -16.24% 8,686 Mille Lacs 3,619 50.61% 3,459 48.37% 73 1.02% 160 2.24% 7,151 Morrison 5,144 47.04% 5,734 52.43% 58 0.53% -590 -5.40% 10,936 Mower 7,988 52.49% 7,169 47.11% 60 0.39% 819 5.38% 15,217 Murray 3,203 51.00% 3,044 48.46% 34 0.54% 159 2.53% 6,281 Nicollet 2,832 37.57% 4,674 62.01% 31 0.41% -1,842 -24.44% 7,537 Nobles 3,919 43.26% 5,104 56.34% 36 0.40% -1,185 -13.08% 9,059 Norman 3,716 62.81% 2,161 36.53% 39 0.66% 1,555 26.28% 5,916 Olmsted 8,393 47.82% 9,096 51.83% 62 0.35% -703 -4.01% 17,551 Otter Tail 7,705 35.62% 13,737 63.51% 187 0.86% -6,032 -27.89% 21,629 Pennington 3,886 66.53% 1,857 31.79% 98 1.68% 2,029 34.74% 5,841 Pine 5,263 55.25% 4,106 43.10% 157 1.65% 1,157 12.15% 9,526 Pipestone 2,390 40.91% 3,423 58.59% 29 0.50% -1,033 -17.68% 5,842 Polk 10,652 66.64% 5,200 32.53% 133 0.83% 5,452 34.11% 15,985 Pope 3,266 53.63% 2,805 46.06% 19 0.31% 461 7.57% 6,090 Ramsey 78,990 57.17% 57,093 41.32% 2,082 1.51% 21,897 15.85% 138,165 Red Lake 2,023 69.40% 876 30.05% 16 0.55% 1,147 39.35% 2,915 Redwood 3,637 37.18% 6,105 62.41% 40 0.41% -2,468 -25.23% 9,782 Renville 4,588 42.32% 6,196 57.15% 58 0.53% -1,608 -14.83% 10,842 Rice 4,687 36.40% 8,143 63.25% 45 0.35% -3,456 -26.84% 12,875 Rock 1,983 40.05% 2,944 59.46% 24 0.48% -961 -19.41% 4,951 Roseau 4,289 70.05% 1,730 28.25% 104 1.70% 2,559 41.79% 6,123 Saint Louis 68,620 66.87% 32,243 31.42% 1,760 1.72% 36,377 35.45% 102,623 Scott 2,910 40.57% 4,241 59.13% 21 0.29% -1,331 -18.56% 7,172 Sherburne 1,570 38.86% 2,450 60.64% 20 0.50% -880 -21.78% 4,040 Sibley 1,986 26.17% 5,564 73.32% 39 0.51% -3,578 -47.15% 7,589 Stearns 9,305 36.58% 16,027 63.01% 102 0.40% -6,722 -26.43% 25,434 Steele 3,668 39.87% 5,517 59.97% 14 0.15% -1,849 -20.10% 9,199 Stevens 2,018 43.38% 2,619 56.30% 15 0.32% -601 -12.92% 4,652 Swift 3,899 57.61% 2,815 41.59% 54 0.80% 1,084 16.02% 6,768 Todd 4,553 41.71% 6,302 57.73% 61 0.56% -1,749 -16.02% 10,916 Traverse 2,094 59.14% 1,434 40.50% 13 0.37% 660 18.64% 3,541 Wabasha 2,655 31.90% 5,656 67.95% 13 0.16% -3,001 -36.05% 8,324 Wadena 2,405 45.04% 2,898 54.27% 37 0.69% -493 -9.23% 5,340 Waseca 2,673 37.06% 4,515 62.60% 25 0.35% -1,842 -25.54% 7,213 Washington 6,288 48.18% 6,710 51.41% 54 0.41% -422 -3.23% 13,052 Watonwan 2,783 44.25% 3,478 55.30% 28 0.45% -695 -11.05% 6,289 Wilkin 2,176 51.20% 2,067 48.64% 7 0.16% 109 2.56% 4,250 Winona 7,187 42.55% 9,599 56.83% 105 0.62% -2,412 -14.28% 16,891 Wright 3,993 32.26% 8,297 67.04% 87 0.70% -4,304 -34.77% 12,377 Yellow Medicine 3,786 48.61% 3,964 50.89% 39 0.50% -178 -2.29% 7,789Totals644,19651.49%596,27447.66%10,7190.86%47,9223.83%1,251,189 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 18em Aitkin Benton Blue Earth Brown Chisago Cottonwood Dodge Douglas Faribault Goodhue Grant Houston Hubbard Kanabec Lac qui Parle Le Sueur McLeod Martin Meeker Morrison Nicollet Nobles Olmsted Pipestone Redwood Renville Rice Rock Scott Sherburne Sibley Stearns Steele Stevens Todd Wabasha Wadena Waseca Washington Watonwan Winona Wright Yellow Medicine See also United States presidential elections in Minnesota References expanded 1940 Min Category:1940 Minnesota elections