1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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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 4 0 Popular vote 182,182 138,653 Percentage 56.73% 43.17%

County Results Municipality Results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Willkie   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Rhode Island was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with former Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.

Roosevelt won Rhode Island by a margin of 13.56%. Rhode Island was one of five states that swung more Democratic compared to 1936, alongside New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and North Carolina. ^[1]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	182,182	56.73%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie of New York	Charles Linza McNary of Oregon	138,653	43.27%	0	0.00%
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder of Kansas	James W. Ford of New York	239	0.07%	0	0.00%
	Prohibition	Roger Ward Babson of Massachusetts	Edgar Moorman of Illinois	74	0.02%	0	0.00%
Total				321,148	100.00%	4	100.00%

By county

1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [3]
County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Wendell Willkie Republican		Other candidates Various parties		Total
	%	#	%	#	%	#	#
Bristol	52.9%	5,967	47.1%	5,314	0.03%	3	11,284
Kent	49.2%	14,333	50.7%	14,790	0.1%	28	29,151
Newport	51.8%	10,645	48.1%	9,882	0.1%	14	20,541
Providence	59.3%	145,236	40.6%	99,434	0.1%	251	244,921
Washington	39.3%	6,0001	60.5%	9,233	0.1%	17	15,251

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

References

1. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1940 Presidential General Election Data -- National
2. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.