Who won Vermont in the 1940 presidential election?

Willkie (Republican) carried Vermont in 1940, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Vermont have in 1940?

Vermont cast 3 electoral votes in the 1940 presidential election.

Did Vermont vote for the national winner in 1940?

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

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1940

Vermont: Willkie carries 3 EV.

Vermont cast its 3 electoral votes for Willkie (Republican). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Vermont voted against the national winner this cycle.

Vermont in 1940

The 1940 contest saw Vermont line up behind Willkie, delivering 3 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Vermont among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 22nd consecutive election in which Vermont backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. The region divided — New Hampshire joined Vermont for the Republican ticket, while New York and Massachusetts did not. Across the 59 presidential elections Vermont has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (33 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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