1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire 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.

1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

November 5, 1940

Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Party Democratic Republican Home state New York Indiana Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 125,292 110,127 Percentage 53.22% 46.78%

County Results Roosevelt   50-60%   60-70% Willkie   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

New Hampshire was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of Indiana. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon.

Roosevelt won New Hampshire by 6.44%, at the time the best performance by a Democrat in this traditionally Republican state since the latter party was founded, and since bettered only by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and Barack Obama in 2008.[1] This was also the first time that a Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin Pierce in 1852 won an absolute majority of the vote. Roosevelt's gain in New Hampshire and other New England states, in an election when Willkie carried almost seven hundred counties that the President had won during his landslide four years beforehand, was due to support in the region for helping Britain and France during World War II.[2]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	125,292	53.22%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie of Indiana	Charles Linza McNary of Oregon	110,127	46.78%	0	0.00%
Total				235,419	100.00%	4	100.00%

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican		Margin		Total votes cast[4]
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Belknap	5,653	48.04%	6,115	51.96%	-462	-3.93%	11,768
Carroll	2,870	33.66%	5,656	66.34%	-2,786	-32.68%	8,526
Cheshire	6,916	45.45%	8,302	54.55%	-1,386	-9.11%	15,218
Coös	10,100	60.30%	6,650	39.70%	3,450	20.60%	16,750
Grafton	9,761	45.96%	11,478	54.04%	-1,717	-8.08%	21,239
Hillsborough	42,580	61.91%	26,201	38.09%	16,379	23.81%	68,781
Merrimack	14,692	49.61%	14,923	50.39%	-231	-0.78%	29,615
Rockingham	14,001	46.32%	16,223	53.68%	-2,222	-7.35%	30,224
Strafford	12,847	58.82%	8,996	41.18%	3,851	17.63%	21,843
Sullivan	5,872	51.26%	5,583	48.74%	289	2.52%	11,455
Totals	125,292	53.22%	110,127	46.78%	15,165	6.44%	235,419

See also

• United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

References

1. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – New Hampshire
2. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 67-68 ISBN 0786422173
3. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 294 ISBN 0405077114