1940 United States presidential election in Wyoming

none June 2025 April 2023 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States presidential election in Wyoming Wyoming 1923 presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Wyoming 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming 1944 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 3 59,287 52.82% WendellWillkie.png Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles McNary 0 52,633 46.89% 1940 United States presidential election in Wyoming results map by county.svg 280px County results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Willkie #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1940 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wyoming was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running with the 11th Secretary of Agriculture, Henry A. Wallace, as his vice president, with 52.82 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican candidate, American lawyer and corporate executive Wendell Willkie, running with Oregon senator Charles L. McNary, with 46.89 percent of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1940&fips=56&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1940 Presidential General Election Results - Wyoming 9 April 2023 Willkie outperformed Alf Landon's 1936 result by 17 points, and flipped 9 counties that Landon lost: Big Horn, Campell, Converse, Fremont, Goshen, Niobrara, Sublette, Washakie, and Weston. Though originally against running for an unprecedented third term, Roosevelt was driven to do so after the outbreak of World War II in Europe when Germany invaded Poland in September 1939. With the American public strongly against intervention in Europe, Roosevelt and Willkie both promised not to get America involved in any foreign wars, however Willkie accused Roosevelt of not doing enough to prepare for the possibility of war, which the incumbent rebutted when he built up America's military and transformed it into "The Arsenal of Democracy". The Republicans then changed tactics and used this to accuse Roosevelt of secretly attempting to bring America into WW2, which Roosevelt had difficulty responding to and was more damaged by. Though the previous two elections had been largely contested over The Great Depression, by 1939 the United States had begun emerging from the Depression, however it would still be an important issue in the campaign as Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs were widely popular among voters and seen as ending the Depression, while Willkie, a wealthy corporate executive, was damaged by his ties to Big Business, which working class voters still blamed for the Depression. Willkie also warned about the dangers of breaking the two-term tradition, which was first begun by George Washington in 1789, and attacked Roosevelt for perceived incompetence and waste in his New Deal welfare programs. Despite his criticisms, Willkie said that he would keep most of the New Deal programs, and would make them more efficient.John W. Jeffries, A Third Term for FDR: The Election of 1940 (2017) Because the country was locked in conflict with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom actively interfered in the election, attempting to persuade Americans to abandon their isolationist positions and join the fight. The U.K. strongly backed Roosevelt, but attempted to interfere in the Republican primaries to push a more hawkish candidate. America ultimately wouldn't enter the war against Germany until December 10th, 1941, a few days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/when-a-foreign-government-interfered-in-a-us-electionto-reelect-fdr-214634/ When a Foreign Government Interfered in a U.S. Election — to Reelect FDR Steve Usdin POLITICO Magazine January 16, 2017 9 April 2023 With many voters wary of breaking the two-term tradition, Willkie vastly outperformed Alf Landon's 1936 results not only in Wyoming, but the entire nation, winning 10 states compared to Landon's 2. However, Roosevelt's popularity would prove too difficult to overcome, and he would successfully win an unprecedented third term. This would be the last occasion Teton County would vote for a Democratic presidential candidate until Bill Clinton carried the county in 1992 – since then it has become a Democratic island in the nation's "reddest" state.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 342-343 0786422173 This would also be the third to last time that Wyoming would back the Democratic candidate in a presidential election and the last until 1948, as Republican Thomas Dewey would carry the state in 1944 by a narrow margin. Results 1940 United States presidential election in WyomingTrenholm Virginia Cole Wyoming Blue Book Volume II Election Statistics 1974 Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department Cheyenne, Wyoming 649 https://wyoarchives.wyo.gov/pdf/WyomingBlueBookTwo.pdf 18 October 2024 Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 59,287 52.82% Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) 52,633 46.89% Roger W. Babson Prohibition Party 172 0.15% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 148 0.13% 112,240 100.00% Results by county CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticWendell WillkieRepublicanRoger W. BabsonProhibitionNorman ThomasSocialistMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # % Albany 4,018 59.05% 2,756 40.51% 16 0.24% 14 0.21% 1,262 18.55% 6,804 Big Horn 2,594 47.38% 2,859 52.22% 13 0.24% 9 0.16% -265 -4.84% 5,475 Campbell 1,128 42.17% 1,540 57.57% 3 0.11% 4 0.15% -412 -15.40% 2,675 Carbon 3,429 54.26% 2,882 45.60% 6 0.09% 3 0.05% 547 8.66% 6,320 Converse 1,395 42.45% 1,889 57.49% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% -494 -15.03% 3,286 Crook 869 38.92% 1,359 60.86% 3 0.13% 2 0.09% -490 -21.94% 2,233 Fremont 2,644 40.97% 3,788 58.70% 9 0.14% 12 0.19% -1,144 -17.73% 6,453 Goshen 1,982 40.80% 2,861 58.89% 10 0.21% 5 0.10% -879 -18.09% 4,858 Hot Springs 1,266 57.70% 913 41.61% 8 0.36% 7 0.32% 353 16.09% 2,194 Johnson 781 34.76% 1,460 64.98% 3 0.13% 3 0.13% -679 -30.22% 2,247 Laramie 7,808 56.50% 5,955 43.09% 26 0.19% 31 0.22% 1,853 13.41% 13,820 Lincoln 2,839 61.65% 1,765 38.33% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,074 23.32% 4,605 Natrona 6,373 53.34% 5,555 46.49% 10 0.08% 11 0.09% 818 6.85% 11,949 Niobrara 1,200 45.59% 1,427 54.22% 3 0.11% 2 0.08% -227 -8.62% 2,632 Park 2,747 52.01% 2,512 47.56% 19 0.36% 4 0.08% 235 4.45% 5,282 Platte 1,849 51.05% 1,758 48.54% 4 0.11% 11 0.30% 91 2.51% 3,622 Sheridan 4,439 53.69% 3,814 46.13% 12 0.15% 3 0.04% 625 7.56% 8,268 Sublette 627 44.72% 771 54.99% 1 0.07% 3 0.21% -144 -10.27% 1,402 Sweetwater 6,637 72.98% 2,439 26.82% 10 0.11% 8 0.09% 4,198 46.16% 9,094 Teton 728 53.81% 623 46.05% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 105 7.76% 1,353 Uinta 2,007 59.89% 1,335 39.84% 6 0.18% 3 0.09% 672 20.05% 3,351 Washakie 942 46.34% 1,080 53.12% 5 0.25% 6 0.30% -138 -6.79% 2,033 Weston 985 43.13% 1,292 56.57% 1 0.04% 6 0.26% -307 -13.44% 2,284Totals 59,28752.82%52,63346.89%1720.15%1480.13%6,6545.93%112,240 thumb|400px|County flips from 1936: Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Gain from Democratic Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Big Horn Campbell Converse Fremont Goshen Niobrara Sublette Washakie Weston See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming References Wyoming 1940 Category:1940 Wyoming elections