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.
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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%. Rhode Island was one of six states that swung more Democratic compared to 1936, alongside Delaware, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and North Carolina.
Results
edit| 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
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
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