See main article: 1940 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Country: | Connecticut |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Next Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1940 |
| Image1: | FDRoosevelt1938.png |
| Nominee1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Henry A. Wallace |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 417,621 |
| Percentage1: | 53.44% |
| Nominee2: | Wendell Willkie |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Charles L. McNary |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 361,819 |
| Percentage2: | 46.30% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Connecticut was won by popular incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.
Roosevelt won Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.14%, which made Connecticut 2.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of 2023, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Massachusetts.
| 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Roosevelt % | Roosevelt # | Willkie % | Willkie # | Others % | Others # | Total # |
| Fairfield | 50.4% | 93,688 | 49.0% | 90,905 | 0.6% | 1,114 | 185,707 |
| Hartford | 56.3% | 114,336 | 43.4% | 87,982 | 0.3% | 635 | 202,953 |
| Litchfield | 45.9% | 19,537 | 53.9% | 22,936 | 0.2% | 69 | 42,542 |
| Middlesex | 49.2% | 13,044 | 50.6% | 13,436 | 0.2% | 50 | 26,530 |
| New Haven | 54.9% | 126,072 | 44.8% | 102,852 | 0.3% | 765 | 229,689 |
| New London | 54.6% | 28,286 | 45.1% | 23,340 | 0.3% | 147 | 51,773 |
| Tolland | 50.5% | 7,669 | 49.3% | 7,495 | 0.2% | 47 | 27,111 |
| Windham | 55.3% | 14,989 | 44.5% | 12,075 | 0.2% | 47 | 27,111 |