1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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.
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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.
Roosevelt was the only president of the United States who was elected to more than two quadrennial terms. He was also elected to a fourth term in 1944, although he died in office during that term. The 22nd Amendment, ratified on February 27, 1951, ensures that Roosevelt will continue, indefinitely, to be the only president of the United States to be elected to more than two terms, as the said amendment prohibits any person from serving more than two and a half terms as president.
Results
| 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral 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 Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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% | 7,789 |
| Totals | 644,196 | 51.49% | 596,274 | 47.66% | 10,719 | 0.86% | 47,922 | 3.83% | 1,251,189 |
References
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 234-235 ISBN 0405077114
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