1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Flag of Rhode Island.svg
  1936 November 5, 1940 1944  
  FDRoosevelt1938.png WendellWillkie.jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote40
Popular vote182,182138,653
Percentage56.73%43.17%

Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 1940.svg
County Results

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.

Contents

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%.

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa 182,18256.73%4100.00%
Republican Wendell Willkie of New York Charles Linza McNary of Oregon 138,65343.27%00.00%
Communist Earl Russell Browder of Kansas James W. Ford of New York 2390.07%00.00%
Prohibition Roger Ward Babson of Massachusetts Edgar Moorman of Illinois 740.02%00.00%
Total321,148100.00%4100.00%

By county

1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
CountyFranklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Wendell Willkie

Republican

Other candidates

Various parties

Total
 %# %# %##
Bristol 52.9%5,96747.1%5,3140.03%311,284
Kent 49.2%14,33350.7%14,7900.1%2829,151
Newport 51.8%10,64548.1%9,8820.1%1420,541
Providence 59.3%145,23640.6%99,4340.1%251244,921
Washington 39.3%6,000160.5%9,2330.1%1715,251

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References

  1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.