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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Minnesota

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Minnesota in 1940, 51.5% to 47.7%, a margin of 3.8 points and 47,922 votes.

Minnesota voted 6.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+10.0.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Republicans led in 46 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 41. The largest, Hennepin, cast 270,358 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.2 points. The closest was Cook, where 13 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 644,196 51.5%
Wendell Willkie Republican 596,274 47.7%
All other candidates 10,718 0.9%
Total1,251,188

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hennepin 145,168 53.7% 122,960 45.5% 2,230 270,358 D+8.2
Ramsey 78,990 57.2% 57,093 41.3% 2,082 138,165 D+15.8
St. Louis 68,620 66.9% 32,243 31.4% 1,760 102,623 D+35.4
Stearns 9,305 36.6% 16,027 63.0% 102 25,434 R+26.4
Otter Tail 7,705 35.6% 13,737 63.5% 187 21,629 R+27.9
Dakota 9,327 52.6% 8,339 47.0% 77 17,743 D+5.6
Olmsted 8,393 47.8% 9,096 51.8% 62 17,551 R+4.0
Winona 7,187 42.5% 9,599 56.8% 105 16,891 R+14.3
Polk 10,652 66.6% 5,200 32.5% 133 15,985 D+34.1
Goodhue 6,475 41.4% 9,095 58.1% 86 15,656 R+16.7
Blue Earth 5,880 37.7% 9,642 61.9% 62 15,584 R+24.1
Itasca 9,899 64.9% 5,196 34.1% 159 15,254 D+30.8
Mower 7,988 52.5% 7,169 47.1% 60 15,217 D+5.4
Freeborn 6,942 50.7% 6,683 48.9% 55 13,680 D+1.9
Washington 6,288 48.2% 6,710 51.4% 54 13,052 R+3.2
Rice 4,687 36.4% 8,143 63.2% 45 12,875 R+26.8
Crow Wing 6,876 54.8% 5,524 44.0% 150 12,550 D+10.8
Wright 3,993 32.3% 8,297 67.0% 87 12,377 R+34.8
Fillmore 3,826 32.7% 7,839 67.0% 39 11,704 R+34.3
Kandiyohi 7,187 62.3% 4,263 36.9% 90 11,540 D+25.3
Brown 3,678 32.5% 7,533 66.7% 90 11,301 R+34.1
Faribault 4,099 37.4% 6,816 62.1% 56 10,971 R+24.8
Morrison 5,144 47.0% 5,734 52.4% 58 10,936 R+5.4
Todd 4,553 41.7% 6,302 57.7% 61 10,916 R+16.0
Renville 4,588 42.3% 6,196 57.1% 58 10,842 R+14.8
Becker 6,432 59.5% 4,292 39.7% 92 10,816 D+19.8
Clay 6,295 58.3% 4,450 41.2% 48 10,793 D+17.1
Martin 4,290 40.0% 6,409 59.8% 21 10,720 R+19.8
Beltrami 7,036 65.7% 3,511 32.8% 166 10,713 D+32.9
Carlton 7,159 67.1% 3,400 31.9% 111 10,670 D+35.2
Anoka 5,501 55.7% 4,302 43.5% 80 9,883 D+12.1
Redwood 3,637 37.2% 6,105 62.4% 40 9,782 R+25.2
Lyon 5,234 54.7% 4,305 45.0% 36 9,575 D+9.7
Pine 5,263 55.2% 4,106 43.1% 157 9,526 D+12.1
McLeod 2,884 30.6% 6,474 68.7% 62 9,420 R+38.1
Le Sueur 3,750 40.3% 5,543 59.5% 20 9,313 R+19.3
Douglas 4,507 49.0% 4,652 50.5% 48 9,207 R+1.6
Steele 3,668 39.9% 5,517 60.0% 14 9,199 R+20.1
Nobles 3,919 43.3% 5,104 56.3% 36 9,059 R+13.1
Meeker 3,615 41.6% 5,026 57.9% 45 8,686 R+16.2
Cass 4,392 51.5% 4,089 47.9% 52 8,533 D+3.6
Wabasha 2,655 31.9% 5,656 67.9% 13 8,324 R+36.1
Carver 1,753 21.1% 6,528 78.6% 22 8,303 R+57.5
Yellow Medicine 3,786 48.6% 3,964 50.9% 39 7,789 R+2.3
Sibley 1,986 26.2% 5,564 73.3% 39 7,589 R+47.1
Nicollet 2,832 37.6% 4,674 62.0% 31 7,537 R+24.4
Jackson 4,065 54.3% 3,387 45.3% 30 7,482 D+9.1
Aitkin 3,610 48.3% 3,744 50.1% 116 7,470 R+1.8
Koochiching 5,219 71.0% 2,095 28.5% 39 7,353 D+42.5
Chippewa 3,969 54.1% 3,307 45.1% 64 7,340 D+9.0
Cottonwood 2,991 41.2% 4,228 58.3% 36 7,255 R+17.1
Waseca 2,673 37.1% 4,515 62.6% 25 7,213 R+25.5
Scott 2,910 40.6% 4,241 59.1% 21 7,172 R+18.6
Mille Lacs 3,619 50.6% 3,459 48.4% 73 7,151 D+2.2
Marshall 4,549 64.7% 2,441 34.7% 44 7,034 D+30.0
Houston 2,082 30.0% 4,825 69.5% 37 6,944 R+39.5
Lac Qui Parle 3,106 44.9% 3,789 54.7% 28 6,923 R+9.9
Swift 3,899 57.6% 2,815 41.6% 54 6,768 D+16.0
Chisago 2,746 43.1% 3,569 56.0% 62 6,377 R+12.9
Watonwan 2,783 44.3% 3,478 55.3% 28 6,289 R+11.1
Murray 3,203 51.0% 3,044 48.5% 34 6,281 D+2.5
Benton 2,742 43.8% 3,491 55.8% 28 6,261 R+12.0
Roseau 4,289 70.0% 1,730 28.3% 104 6,123 D+41.8
Pope 3,266 53.6% 2,805 46.1% 19 6,090 D+7.6
Norman 3,716 62.8% 2,161 36.5% 39 5,916 D+26.3
Pipestone 2,390 40.9% 3,423 58.6% 29 5,842 R+17.7
Pennington 3,886 66.5% 1,857 31.8% 98 5,841 D+34.7
Dodge 2,357 41.9% 3,257 57.9% 11 5,625 R+16.0
Isanti 2,654 49.5% 2,617 48.8% 90 5,361 D+0.7
Wadena 2,405 45.0% 2,898 54.3% 37 5,340 R+9.2
Rock 1,983 40.1% 2,944 59.5% 24 4,951 R+19.4
Lincoln 2,536 53.0% 2,220 46.4% 33 4,789 D+6.6
Grant 2,291 48.1% 2,443 51.3% 30 4,764 R+3.2
Hubbard 2,141 45.4% 2,544 54.0% 26 4,711 R+8.6
Clearwater 3,289 70.3% 1,354 28.9% 35 4,678 D+41.4
Stevens 2,018 43.4% 2,619 56.3% 15 4,652 R+12.9
Kanabec 2,185 48.1% 2,311 50.8% 49 4,545 R+2.8
Big Stone 2,517 56.2% 1,925 42.9% 40 4,482 D+13.2
Kittson 3,167 70.7% 1,279 28.5% 34 4,480 D+42.1
Wilkin 2,176 51.2% 2,067 48.6% 6 4,249 D+2.6
Sherburne 1,570 38.9% 2,450 60.6% 20 4,040 R+21.8
Lake 2,750 73.7% 933 25.0% 50 3,733 D+48.7
Traverse 2,094 59.1% 1,434 40.5% 13 3,541 D+18.6
Mahnomen 1,959 64.4% 1,069 35.1% 14 3,042 D+29.3
Red Lake 2,023 69.4% 876 30.1% 16 2,915 D+39.3
Lake Of The Woods 1,638 64.8% 850 33.6% 40 2,528 D+31.2
Cook 686 50.2% 673 49.3% 7 1,366 D+1.0

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+4.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+7.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+1.5
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+7.7
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+10.2
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.5
2000 Al Gore (D) D+2.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+11.6
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+7.0
1984 Walter Mondale (D) D+0.2
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+12.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+5.5
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+12.5
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+27.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+1.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+7.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+17.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+30.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+23.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.9
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+44.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+51.2
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+0.1
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+55.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.5
1896 William McKinley (R) R+15.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+8.2
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+14.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+21.9
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+26.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+19.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+22.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+21.8