Who won Massachusetts in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 1940, winning its 17 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1940?

Massachusetts cast 17 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

New Deal CoalitionMA · 17 EV

1940

Massachusetts: Roosevelt carries 17 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 17 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Massachusetts, 1940

In 1940, Massachusetts awarded its 17 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York joined Massachusetts for the Democratic ticket, while Vermont and New Hampshire did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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

Massachusetts full history →