1940 United States presidential election in Kansas

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1940
All 9 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Kansas voters chose nine^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 56.86% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.40% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4] This was the first time since 1896 Kansas voted for the losing candidate.

With 56.86% of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Willkie's third strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage after South Dakota and neighboring Nebraska^[5].

Results

United States presidential election in Kansas, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie	489,169	56.86%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	364,725	42.40%
	Prohibition	Roger Babson	4,056	0.47%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	2,347	0.27%
Total votes			860,297	100%

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
^ "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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[1] "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.

[2] "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.

[3] "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas". Retrieved August 19, 2018.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.

[5] "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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