Who won Nevada in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Nevada in 1940, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Nevada have in 1940?

Nevada cast 3 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Nevada vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

Nevada: Roosevelt carries 3 EV.

Nevada cast its 3 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Nevada voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1940 result in Nevada

Nevada backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1940 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Nevada ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Nevada backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Nevada did not move alone — neighboring California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona broke the same way in 1940. Across the 41 presidential elections Nevada has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (21 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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