Who won Tennessee in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Tennessee in 1940, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1940?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

Tennessee: Roosevelt carries 11 EV.

Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Tennessee voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1940 result in Tennessee

Tennessee backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1940 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Tennessee ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Tennessee backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Tennessee did not move alone — neighboring Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri broke the same way in 1940. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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