1940 Presidential General Election Results - Pennsylvania
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Candidate
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Franklin RooseveltHenry WallaceDemocrat 2,171,035 53.23%36
Wendell WillkieCharles McNaryRepublican 1,889,848 46.33%0
Norman ThomasMaynard KruegerSocialist 10,967 0.27%0
Earl BrowderJames FordCommunist 4,519 0.11%0
John AikenAaron OrangeIndustrial Gov't 1,518 0.04%0
Write-ins-- 827 0.02%0
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Demographic Data

1940 Population:9,900,180Enum.1940 Population Density:85.3persons/km2
1930 Population:9,631,350Enum.1930 Population Density:83.0persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:36Electoral Vote Density:275,005persons/EV
Land Area (2000):116,074km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0.3%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications, "Votes Cast for Presidential Electors at General Election, November 5, 1940," The Pennsylvania Manual 1941 (Harrisburg, 1941)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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