Who won Texas in the 1940 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Texas in 1940, winning its 23 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Texas have in 1940?

Texas cast 23 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Texas vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

Texas: Roosevelt carries 23 EV.

Texas cast its 23 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Texas voted with the national winner this cycle.

Texas in 1940

The 1940 contest saw Texas line up behind Roosevelt, delivering 23 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Texas ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Texas backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Texas did not move alone — neighboring New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana broke the same way in 1940. Across the 44 presidential elections Texas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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