United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1940

Main article: United States presidential election, 1940

United States presidential election, 1940

November 5, 1940



Nominee	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	New York^[1]	New York^[1]
Running mate	Henry A. Wallace	Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote	12	0
Popular vote	704,821	679,206
Percentage	50.15%	48.32%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elections in Wisconsin

Federal government

Presidential elections
1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Presidential primaries
Democratic 2008 2016 Republican 2008 2012 2016
U.S. Senate elections
1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1988 1992 1994 1998 2000 2004 2006 2010 2012 2016
U.S. House elections
2006 (8th) 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

State government

Gubernatorial elections
1848 1849 1851 1853 1855 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2012 (recall) 2014
General elections
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
Other elections
Supreme Court, 2011 2011 State Senate (recall) 2012 State Senate (recall)

Ballot measures

2006: Referendum 1

Milwaukee

Mayoral elections
2012 2016

The 1940 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 5, 1940. Wisconsin voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Democratic Party candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state with 50% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's twelve electoral votes.^[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt	704,821	50.15%	12
	Republican	Wendell Willkie	679,206	48.32%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	15,071	1.07%	0
Totals			1,399,098	100.0%	12

References

1 2 "U. S. Electoral College". Archives.gov. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
↑ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Wisconsin". Retrieved August 19, 2016.

State Results of the 1940 U.S. presidential election

Candidates	Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Norman Thomas Full list

General articles	Election timeline Democratic primaries Republican primaries Republican Convention Democratic Convention Debates

Local results	Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Other 1940 elections	House Senate Gubernatorial

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.