Who won Kentucky in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Kentucky in 1940, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1940?

Kentucky cast 11 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1940?

Yes. Kentucky backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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1940

Kentucky: Roosevelt carries 11 EV.

Kentucky cast its 11 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Kentucky voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1940 result in Kentucky

Kentucky backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1940 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Kentucky ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois joined Kentucky for the Democratic ticket, while Indiana did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 449 of the 531 electoral votes, against Wendell Willkie's 82. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 54.74% of the ballots cast.

The 1940 national map

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