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1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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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.

1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota
← 1936 November 5, 1940 1944 →
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 644,196 596,274
Percentage 51.49% 47.66%
County Results
President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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.

Results

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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

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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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. ^ 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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