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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

← 1936 November 5, 1940 1944 →
 
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%


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%.

Results

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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
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

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1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
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

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References

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  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.