Who won Missouri in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1940, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1940?

Missouri cast 15 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

Missouri: Roosevelt carries 15 EV.

Missouri cast its 15 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Missouri voted with the national winner this cycle.

Missouri in 1940

The 1940 contest saw Missouri line up behind Roosevelt, delivering 15 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Missouri ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Oklahoma joined Missouri for the Democratic ticket, while Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska did not. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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