1936  1940 Presidential Election Returns  1944

President Franklin Roosevelt was campaigning for an unprecedented third term, which was a serious break with past tradition. In fact, he worked to have the Democratic Convention draft him rather than to run on his own! In Europe, World War II was in full swing. This meant that the campaign focused less on economic issues than Roosevelt's first two elections. Back home, the U.S. was continuing to recover from the Great Depression. Roosevelt was aware that many Americans were reluctant to enter the war and promised no new wars if he were re-elected. The Republicans nominated Wendell Willkie in a big surprise. Willkie was a businessman with no prior experience in elected office. He ran a power company. Willkie argued against Roosevelt by saying he had failed to adequately aid the economic recovery. He also vehemently disagreed with Roosevelt's Tennessee Valley Authority, which caused him to switch parties. Willkie managed to bring some Republican strength back to the Midwest and the Plains states. He attacked Roosevelt's break with tradition in running a third time for President. Given the war, however, most voters were not willing to change leaders. Roosevelt therefore built a winning coalition, especially in the cities, and was re-elected comfortably.   UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Roosevelt/Wallace* 27,314,449 55 449 Willkie/McNary 22,348,343 45 82 Thomas/Krueger 116,599 0 0 Babson/Moorman 57,903 0 0 Browder/Ford 48,557 0 0 Aiken/Orange 14,883 0 0 All Other Candidates 2,482 0 0 ALABAMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 42,184 14 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 250,726 85 11 ARIZONA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 54,030 36 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 95,267 63 3 ARKANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 42,121 21 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 158,622 79 9 CALIFORNIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 1,351,419 41 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 1,877,618 57 25 COLORADO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 279,576 51 6 Roosevelt/Truman* 265,554 48 0 CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 361,819 46 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 417,621 53 8 DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 61,440 45 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 74,599 55 3 FLORIDA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 126,158 26 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 359,334 74 7 GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 46,360 15 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 265,194 82 12 IDAHO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 106,553 45 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 127,842 54 4 ILLINOIS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 2,047,240 49 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 2,149,934 51 29 INDIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 899,466 50 14 Roosevelt/Truman* 874,063 49 0 IOWA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 632,370 52 11 Roosevelt/Truman* 578,800 48 0 KANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 489,169 57 9 Roosevelt/Truman* 364,725 42 0 KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 410,384 42 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 557,222 57 11 LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 52,446 14 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 319,751 86 10 MAINE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 163,951 51 5 Roosevelt/Truman* 156,478 49 0 MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 269,534 41 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 384,546 58 8 MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 939,700 46 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 1,076,522 53 17 MICHIGAN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 1,039,917 50 19 Roosevelt/Truman* 1,032,991 50 0 MINNESOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 596,274 48 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 644,196 51 11 MISSISSIPPI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 7,364 4 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 168,267 96 9 MISSOURI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 871,009 48 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 958,476 52 15 MONTANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 99,579 40 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 145,698 59 4 NEBRASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 352,201 57 7 Roosevelt/Truman* 263,677 43 0 NEVADA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 21,229 40 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 31,945 60 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 110,127 47 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 125,292 53 4 NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 944,876 47 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 1,016,404 53 16 NEW MEXICO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 79,315 43 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 103,699 57 3 NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 3,027,478 48 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 3,251,918 52 47 NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 213,633 26 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 609,015 74 13 NORTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 154,590 55 4 Roosevelt/Truman* 124,036 44 0 OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 1,586,773 48 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 1,733,139 52 26 OKLAHOMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 348,872 42 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 474,313 57 11 OREGON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 219,555 46 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 258,415 54 5 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 1,889,848 46 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 2,171,035 53 36 RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 138,653 43 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 182,182 57 4 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 4,360 4 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 95,470 96 8 SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 177,065 57 4 Roosevelt/Truman* 131,362 43 0 TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 169,153 32 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 351,601 67 11 TEXAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 212,692 19 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 909,974 81 23 UTAH VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 93,151 38 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 154,277 62 4 VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 78,371 55 3 Roosevelt/Truman* 64,269 45 0 VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 109,363 32 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 235,961 68 11 WASHINGTON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 322,133 41 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 462,145 58 8 WEST VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 372,414 43 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 495,662 57 8 WISCONSIN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 679,206 48 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 704,821 50 12 WYOMING VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Willkie/McNary 52,633 47 0 Roosevelt/Wallace* 59,287 53 3 SYMBOLS KEY Republican Democratic Other Socialist Prohibition Communist Socialist Labor Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party