Who won North Dakota in the 1940 presidential election?

Willkie (Republican) carried North Dakota in 1940, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did North Dakota have in 1940?

North Dakota cast 4 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did North Dakota vote for the national winner in 1940?

No. North Dakota backed Willkie, while Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency nationally.

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1940

North Dakota: Willkie carries 4 EV.

North Dakota cast its 4 electoral votes for Willkie (Republican). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — North Dakota voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1940 result in North Dakota

North Dakota backed Willkie (Republican) in the 1940 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving North Dakota among the states he did not carry.

Willkie's win closed out North Dakota's 2-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — South Dakota joined North Dakota for the Republican ticket, while Montana and Minnesota did not. Across the 35 presidential elections North Dakota has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (30 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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