Election in Connecticut
1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut County Results Municipality Results Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Wilkie
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
The 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election . State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .
Connecticut was won by popular incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York , who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York . Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon .
Roosevelt won Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.14%, which made Connecticut 2.8% more Republican than the nation-at-large. As of 2023, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Massachusetts .
Results [ edit ] By county [ edit ] 1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2] County Roosevelt % Roosevelt # Willkie % Willkie # Others % Others # Total # Fairfield 50.4% 93,688 49.0% 90,905 0.6% 1,114 185,707 Hartford 56.3% 114,336 43.4% 87,982 0.3% 635 202,953 Litchfield 45.9% 19,537 53.9% 22,936 0.2% 69 42,542 Middlesex 49.2% 13,044 50.6% 13,436 0.2% 50 26,530 New Haven 54.9% 126,072 44.8% 102,852 0.3% 765 229,689 New London 54.6% 28,286 45.1% 23,340 0.3% 147 51,773 Tolland 50.5% 7,669 49.3% 7,495 0.2% 47 27,111 Windham 55.3% 14,989 44.5% 12,075 0.2% 47 27,111
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