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 SenatorCharles L. McNary of Oregon.
Roosevelt won Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.14%.
Results[]
1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Democratic
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York
Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa
417,621
53.44%
8
100.00%
Republican
Wendell Willkie of New York
Charles Linza McNary of Oregon
361,819
46.30%
0
0.00%
Communist
Earl Russell Browder of Kansas
James W. Ford of New York
1,091
0.14%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor
John W. Aiken of Connecticut
of New York
971
0.12%
0
0.00%
Total
781,502
100.00%
8
100.00%
See also[]
United States presidential elections in Connecticut