Who won New Jersey in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried New Jersey in 1940, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 1940?

New Jersey cast 16 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did New Jersey vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

New Jersey: Roosevelt carries 16 EV.

New Jersey cast its 16 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — New Jersey voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1940 result in New Jersey

New Jersey backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1940 presidential election, casting 16 electoral votes for the ticket. New Jersey ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which New Jersey backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — New York and Pennsylvania joined New Jersey for the Democratic ticket, while Delaware did not. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 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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