1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1944 November 5, 1940 90.46%https://archive.org/details/register41conn/page/n447/mode/2up Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1941 CT State Library x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 8 417,621 53.44% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 361,819 46.30% 251px County results 251px Municipality results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Willkie #e27f90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Connecticut was won by popular 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 Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.14%, which made Connecticut 2.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of 2025, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Massachusetts. Results 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut1940 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1940&fips=9&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) Franklin Delano Roosevelt New York Henry Agard Wallace Iowa 417,621 53.44% 8 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Wendell Willkie New York Charles Linza McNary Oregon 361,819 46.30% 0 0.00% Communist Party USA Earl Russell Browder Kansas James W. Ford New York 1,091 0.14% 0 0.00% Socialist Labor Party of America John W. Aiken Connecticut Aaron M. Orange New York 971 0.12% 0 0.00% 781,502 100.00% 8 100.00% By county 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county)1940 Statement of Vote https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/sots/electionservices/statementofvote_pdfs/1940sovpdf.pdf CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website 8 January 2023 13 County Roosevelt % Roosevelt # Willkie % Willkie # Others % Others # Margin % Margin # Total #Fairfield50.4%93,68849.0%90,9050.6%1,1141.4%2,783185,707Hartford56.3%114,33643.4%87,9820.3%63512.9%26,354202,953Litchfield45.9%19,53753.9%22,9360.2%69-8.0%-3,39942,542Middlesex49.2%13,04450.6%13,4360.2%50-1.4%-39226,530New Haven54.9%126,07244.8%102,8520.3%76510.1%23,220229,689New London54.6%28,28645.1%23,3400.3%1479.5%4,94651,773Tolland50.5%7,66949.3%7,4950.2%471.2%17427,111Windham55.3%14,98944.5%12,0750.2%4710.8%2,91427,111 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Middlesex See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut References expanded Connecticut 1940 Category:1940 Connecticut elections