1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none August 2013 June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1936 78.7%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 2.8 pp 1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1944 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 17 1,076,522 53.11% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 939,700 46.36% 350px County results 350px| Municipality results 1 350px Roosevelt #B9D7FF 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Willkie #F2B3BE 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election, held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie of New York. November 2019 Roosevelt ran with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa, while Willkie's running mate was Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon. Roosevelt carried the state with 53.11% of the vote to Willkie's 46.36%, a Democratic victory margin of 6.75%. As Roosevelt was re-elected nationally to an unprecedented third term, Massachusetts weighed in as about 3% more Republican than the national average. Roosevelt's win may have been aided by support in New England for aid to Britain during World War Two, as he maintained his votes better among those of English descent than the German-American populations of the interior.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 67-69 0786422173 Once a typical Yankee Republican bastion in the wake of the Civil War, Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, when a coalition of Irish Catholic and other ethnic immigrant voters primarily based in urban areas turned Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island into New England's only reliably Democratic states. November 2019 Massachusetts voted for Al Smith in 1928, and for Franklin Roosevelt in his national Democratic landslides of 1932 and 1936. Roosevelt's 1940 victory thus marked the fourth straight win for the Democratic Party in Massachusetts, a state that had voted Democratic only once in its history prior to this series of consecutive Democratic wins. Roosevelt and Willkie would split the state's 14 counties, winning seven counties each. However, Roosevelt won the most heavily populated parts of the state including the cities of Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, while most of Willkie's wins were small or island counties. Results 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusettshttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1940&fips=25&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1940 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts 2013-02-07 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,076,522 53.11% 17 Republican Wendell Willkie 939,700 46.36% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 4,091 0.20% 0 Communist Earl Browder 3,806 0.19% 0 Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 1,492 0.07% 0 Prohibition Roger Babson 1,370 0.07% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 12 0.00% 0 Totals 2,026,993 100.00% 17 Results by county CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticWendell WillkieRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 214 0405077114 # % # % # % # %Barnstable5,35129.53%12,65969.87%1080.60% -7,308 -40.34% 18,118Berkshire32,62055.40%25,97344.11%2870.49% 6,647 11.29% 58,880Bristol97,57161.60%60,14337.97%6770.43% 37,428 23.63% 158,391Dukes1,01437.98%1,64361.54%130.49% -629 -23.56% 2,670Essex125,99851.69%116,13447.65%1,6030.66% 9,864 4.04% 243,735Franklin9,47239.92%14,13759.58%1190.50% -4,665 -19.66% 23,728Hampden89,47757.80%64,50241.67%8170.53% 24,975 16.13% 154,796Hampshire17,82352.86%15,65146.42%2410.71% 2,172 6.44% 33,715Middlesex218,66247.18%242,65852.36%2,1160.46% -23,996 -5.18% 463,436Nantucket62437.89%1,01561.63%80.49% -391 -23.74% 1,647Norfolk67,65440.75%97,52558.74%8380.50% -29,871 -17.99% 166,017Plymouth34,48141.24%48,61758.15%5080.61% -14,136 -16.91% 83,606Suffolk243,23363.32%138,57536.07%2,3370.61% 104,658 27.25% 384,145Worcester132,54156.62%100,46842.92%1,0990.47% 32,073 13.70% 234,108Totals1,076,52253.11%939,70046.36%10,7710.53%136,8226.75%2,026,993 See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References expanded Massachusetts 1940 Category:1940 Massachusetts elections