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1940 United States presidential election
1940 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Delaware 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Delaware 1944 All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College November 5, 1940https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1940 United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica August 20, 2018 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 3 74,599 54.70% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 61,440 45.05% 1940 United States presidential election in Delaware results map by county.svg 120px County results
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Delaware voters chose threehttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1940 1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45) August 20, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Delaware was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 54.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 45.05% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=10&year=1940 1940 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware August 20, 2018http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1940 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940 August 20, 2018
Results
1940 United States presidential election in DelawareState of Delaware Election Results - 1940 to 1952 https://elections.delaware.gov/elections/resultsarchive/elect40To52/pdfs/1940.pdf Delaware Department of Elections 17 December 2025Scammon Richard M. America at the Polls: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 1965 University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh 80 https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha0000elec/page/80/mode/2up 17 December 2025
Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 74,599 54.70%
Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) 61,440 45.05%
Roger Babson Prohibition Party (United States) 220 0.16%
Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 115 0.08%
136,374 100.00%
Results by county
County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Wendell WillkieRepublican Roger BabsonProhibition Norman ThomasSocialist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Kent9,22653.17%8,07946.56%420.24%60.03%1,1476.61%17,353New Castle52,16755.53%41,50844.19%159159 Prohibitionists https://www.newspapers.com/image/161299274/ 17 December 2025 Journal-Every Evening 9 November 1940 Wilmington 100.17%1020.11%10,65911.35%93,936Sussex13,20652.65%11,85347.25%19Official Vote in Sussex County https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87062224/1940-11-08/ed-1/?sp=7 17 December 2025 The Milford Chronicle 8 November 1940 Milford 70.08%70.03%1,3535.39%25,085Totals74,59954.70%61,44045.05%2200.16%1150.08%13,1599.65%136,374
See also
United States presidential elections in Delaware
References
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