United States presidential election in Virginia, 1940

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November 5, 1940

1944 →


Nominee	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie
Party	Democratic	Republican
Home state	New York	New York
Running mate	Henry A. Wallace	Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote	11	0
Popular vote	235,961	109,363
Percentage	68.08%	31.55%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, attorney Wendell Willkie. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 54.74 percent of the vote. As of 2017, this is the last time the Democratic nominee has won the counties of Greene,Madison and Wythe. It also proved the last time the Democrats would win Montgomery County until Bill Clinton did so in 1992.

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