See main article: 1940 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Country: | Minnesota |
| Flag Year: | 1893 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Next Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota |
| 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: | 11 |
| Popular Vote1: | 644,196 |
| Percentage1: | 51.49% |
| Nominee2: | Wendell Willkie |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Charles L. McNary |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 596,274 |
| Percentage2: | 47.66% |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| 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 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.
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.
Roosevelt was the only president of the United States who was elected to more than two quadrennial terms. He was also elected to a fourth term in 1944, although he died in office during that term. The 22nd Amendment, ratified on February 27, 1951, ensures that Roosevelt will continue, indefinitely, to be the only president of the United States to be elected to more than two terms, as the said amendment prohibits any person from serving more than two and a half terms as president.
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||||||||