United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1940

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November 5, 1940

1944 →


Nominee	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	New York	Indiana
Running mate	Henry A. Wallace	Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote	36	0
Popular vote	2,171,035	1,889,848
Percentage	53.23%	46.33%

County results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1940 throughout the continuous 48 states. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie, a dark horse candidate that had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 6.9%.

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