1940 Presidential General Election Results - New York
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Franklin RooseveltHenry WallaceDemocrat 3,251,918 51.50%47
Wendell WillkieCharles McNaryRepublican 3,027,478 47.95%0
Norman ThomasMaynard KruegerSocialist 18,950 0.30%0
YOther (+) - - 15,551 0.25%0
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Election Notes:
  • Roosevelt vote is the fusion of Democratic and American Labor parties
Demographic Data

1940 Population:13,479,142Enum.1940 Population Density:110.2persons/km2
1930 Population:12,588,066Enum.1930 Population Density:102.9persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:47Electoral Vote Density:286,790persons/EV
Land Area (2000):122,283km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0.7%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: New York, "Vote, New York State, By Counties, November 5, 1940 For Highest Elector for President and Vice President," The New York Red Book 1941 (Albany, 1941)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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