1940 Presidential General Election Results -
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Franklin RooseveltHenry WallaceDemocratic 27,314,449 54.72%27,314,449
Wendell WillkieCharles McNaryRepublican 22,348,343 44.77%22,348,343
Norman ThomasMaynard KruegerSocialist 116,209 0.23%116,209
Roger BabsonEdgar MoormanProhibition 57,925 0.12%57,925
Earl BrowderJames FordCommunist 57,540 0.12%57,540
John AikenAaron OrangeSocialist Labor 15,013 0.03%15,013
Write-ins-- 2,828 0.01%2,828
Alfred Knutson-Independent 545 0.00%545
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Demographic Data

1940 Population:132,164,569Enum.1940 Population Density:14.4persons/km2
1930 Population:123,202,624Enum.1930 Population Density:13.4persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:49912852Electoral Vote Density:3persons/EV
Land Area (2000):9,161,889km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0.7%

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