Election in Montana
1940 United States presidential election in Montana
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
145,698
99,579
Percentage
58.8%
40.2%
County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
Willkie
50-60%
President before election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Elected President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
The 1940 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election . Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Montana voted powerfully to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie , a dark horse candidate that had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Montana by a convincing 18.61% margin. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Broadwater , Madison , Meagher and Garfield .[1]
Results [ ]
1940 United States presidential election in Montana[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt
145,698
58.78%
4
Republican
Wendell Willkie
99,579
40.17%
0
Socialist
Norman Thomas
1,443
0.58%
0
Prohibition
Roger Babson
664
0.27%
0
Communist
Earl Browder
489
0.20%
0
Totals
247,783
100.00%
4
Results by county [ ]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Beaverhead
1,632
48.41%
1,725
51.17%
14
0.42%
-93
-2.76%
3,371
Big Horn
1,926
54.10%
1,616
45.39%
18
0.51%
310
8.71%
3,560
Blaine
2,129
63.99%
1,165
35.02%
33
0.99%
964
28.98%
3,327
Broadwater
854
52.94%
755
46.81%
4
0.25%
99
6.14%
1,613
Carbon
2,678
51.89%
2,421
46.91%
62
1.20%
257
4.98%
5,161
Carter
734
56.81%
556
43.03%
2
0.15%
178
13.78%
1,292
Cascade
13,637
67.10%
6,443
31.70%
244
1.20%
7,194
35.40%
20,324
Chouteau
2,213
63.68%
1,235
35.54%
27
0.78%
978
28.14%
3,475
Custer
2,782
57.55%
2,017
41.73%
35
0.72%
765
15.83%
4,834
Daniels
1,086
56.53%
807
42.01%
28
1.46%
279
14.52%
1,921
Dawson
1,765
52.03%
1,612
47.52%
15
0.44%
153
4.51%
3,392
Deer Lodge
4,916
66.93%
2,397
32.63%
32
0.44%
2,519
34.30%
7,345
Fallon
686
42.24%
925
56.96%
13
0.80%
-239
-14.72%
1,624
Fergus
3,873
58.51%
2,706
40.88%
40
0.60%
1,167
17.63%
6,619
Flathead
5,127
52.96%
4,403
45.48%
151
1.56%
724
7.48%
9,681
Gallatin
4,718
57.55%
3,430
41.84%
50
0.61%
1,288
15.71%
8,198
Garfield
644
50.67%
625
49.17%
2
0.16%
19
1.49%
1,271
Glacier
2,399
63.80%
1,352
35.96%
9
0.24%
1,047
27.85%
3,760
Golden Valley
351
46.25%
402
52.96%
6
0.79%
-51
-6.72%
759
Granite
917
53.63%
784
45.85%
9
0.53%
133
7.78%
1,710
Hill
3,700
65.87%
1,842
32.79%
75
1.34%
1,858
33.08%
5,617
Jefferson
1,259
60.04%
830
39.58%
8
0.38%
429
20.46%
2,097
Judith Basin
1,215
63.51%
670
35.02%
28
1.46%
545
28.49%
1,913
Lake
2,379
45.92%
2,718
52.46%
84
1.62%
-339
-6.54%
5,181
Lewis and Clark
5,814
54.42%
4,762
44.58%
107
1.00%
1,052
9.85%
10,683
Liberty
550
55.33%
434
43.66%
10
1.01%
116
11.67%
994
Lincoln
2,150
62.35%
1,250
36.25%
48
1.39%
900
26.10%
3,448
Madison
1,674
51.41%
1,557
47.82%
25
0.77%
117
3.59%
3,256
McCone
928
61.83%
529
35.24%
44
2.93%
399
26.58%
1,501
Meagher
621
53.67%
520
44.94%
16
1.38%
101
8.73%
1,157
Mineral
645
60.39%
402
37.64%
21
1.97%
243
22.75%
1,068
Missoula
7,747
57.23%
5,640
41.66%
150
1.11%
2,107
15.56%
13,537
Musselshell
1,807
61.21%
1,086
36.79%
59
2.00%
721
24.42%
2,952
Park
2,833
53.26%
2,433
45.74%
53
1.00%
400
7.52%
5,319
Petroleum
316
50.08%
313
49.60%
2
0.32%
3
0.48%
631
Phillips
2,225
66.10%
1,110
32.98%
31
0.92%
1,115
33.13%
3,366
Pondera
1,899
63.72%
1,038
34.83%
43
1.44%
861
28.89%
2,980
Powder River
561
46.29%
633
52.23%
18
1.49%
-72
-5.94%
1,212
Powell
1,765
60.82%
1,116
38.46%
21
0.72%
649
22.36%
2,902
Prairie
554
47.72%
597
51.42%
10
0.86%
-43
-3.70%
1,161
Ravalli
2,773
52.19%
2,483
46.73%
57
1.07%
290
5.46%
5,313
Richland
2,095
57.48%
1,497
41.07%
53
1.45%
598
16.41%
3,645
Roosevelt
2,418
60.72%
1,503
37.74%
61
1.53%
915
22.98%
3,982
Rosebud
1,399
52.26%
1,252
46.77%
26
0.97%
147
5.49%
2,677
Sanders
1,634
58.48%
1,088
38.94%
72
2.58%
546
19.54%
2,794
Sheridan
2,108
69.07%
892
29.23%
52
1.70%
1,216
39.84%
3,052
Silver Bow
17,467
67.88%
7,932
30.82%
335
1.30%
9,535
37.05%
25,734
Stillwater
1,201
48.53%
1,255
50.71%
19
0.77%
-54
-2.18%
2,475
Sweet Grass
741
46.00%
861
53.45%
9
0.56%
-120
-7.45%
1,611
Teton
1,735
59.95%
1,132
39.12%
27
0.93%
603
20.84%
2,894
Toole
1,954
61.41%
1,218
38.28%
10
0.31%
736
23.13%
3,182
Treasure
321
52.62%
287
47.05%
2
0.33%
34
5.57%
610
Valley
3,493
67.67%
1,597
30.94%
72
1.39%
1,896
36.73%
5,162
Wheatland
948
54.42%
786
45.12%
8
0.46%
162
9.30%
1,742
Wibaux
576
55.23%
461
44.20%
6
0.58%
115
11.03%
1,043
Yellowstone
9,036
51.18%
8,479
48.03%
140
0.79%
557
3.15%
17,655
Totals
145,608
58.76%
99,579
40.19%
2,596
1.05%
46,029
18.58%
247,783
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