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1940 United States presidential election in North Dakota
← 1936 November 5, 1940[1] 1944 →
All 4 North Dakota votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 154,590 124,036
Percentage 55.06% 44.18%
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The 1940 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

North Dakota was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 55.06% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 44.18% of the popular vote.[3][4]

With 55.06% of the popular vote, North Dakota would prove to be Willkie's fourth strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage, after fellow free-soil Plains West states South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.[5]

This was the first election since North Dakota's inaugural 1892 election in which it voted for a losing candidate. Then, it narrowly voted for Populist candidate James B. Weaver. However, due to a fusion between Weaver and the winning Democrat Grover Cleveland, North Dakota cast a single elector for Cleveland as well. That makes this the first election in which North Dakota did not cast a single electoral vote for the winning candidate, or in which the state backed a losing Republican candidate.

Results

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1940 United States presidential election in North Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wendell Willkie 154,590 55.06%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 124,036 44.18%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,279 0.46%
Not Designated Alfred Knutson 545 0.19%
Prohibition Roger Babson 325 0.12%
Total votes 280,775 100%

Results by county

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County[6] Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Alfred B. Knutson
Not Designated 		Roger Ward Babson
Prohibition 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,231 58.76% 837 39.95% 19 0.91% 4 0.19% 4 0.19% 394 18.81% 2,095
Barnes 4,649 57.67% 3,384 41.97% 21 0.26% 3 0.04% 5 0.06% 1,265 15.69% 8,062
Benson 2,485 45.85% 2,898 53.47% 30 0.55% 2 0.04% 5 0.09% -413 -7.62% 5,420
Billings 663 62.08% 404 37.83% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 259 24.25% 1,068
Bottineau 3,129 55.60% 2,469 43.87% 29 0.52% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 660 11.73% 5,628
Bowman 927 50.63% 882 48.17% 20 1.09% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 45 2.46% 1,831
Burke 1,951 57.53% 1,342 39.58% 80 2.36% 7 0.21% 11 0.32% 609 17.96% 3,391
Burleigh 5,858 57.06% 4,350 42.37% 29 0.28% 22 0.21% 7 0.07% 1,508 14.69% 10,266
Cass 12,567 51.11% 11,911 48.45% 74 0.30% 17 0.07% 17 0.07% 656 2.67% 24,586
Cavalier 2,845 50.64% 2,757 49.07% 10 0.18% 2 0.04% 4 0.07% 88 1.57% 5,618
Dickey 2,777 57.44% 1,721 35.59% 13 0.27% 314 6.49% 10 0.21% 1,056 21.84% 4,835
Divide 1,437 44.32% 1,771 54.63% 29 0.89% 1 0.03% 4 0.12% -334 -10.30% 3,242
Dunn 2,132 60.29% 1,392 39.37% 6 0.17% 1 0.03% 5 0.14% 740 20.93% 3,536
Eddy 1,319 48.42% 1,368 50.22% 37 1.36% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -49 -1.80% 2,724
Emmons 3,515 77.29% 1,004 22.08% 21 0.46% 1 0.02% 7 0.15% 2,511 55.21% 4,548
Foster 1,109 43.20% 1,446 56.33% 8 0.31% 4 0.16% 0 0.00% -337 -13.13% 2,567
Golden Valley 873 55.57% 689 43.86% 3 0.19% 6 0.38% 0 0.00% 184 11.71% 1,571
Grand Forks 7,043 45.42% 8,396 54.15% 46 0.30% 12 0.08% 9 0.06% -1,353 -8.73% 15,506
Grant 2,815 81.52% 627 18.16% 11 0.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,188 63.37% 3,453
Griggs 1,117 43.09% 1,464 56.48% 8 0.31% 3 0.12% 0 0.00% -347 -13.39% 2,592
Hettinger 2,468 78.32% 671 21.29% 8 0.25% 4 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,797 57.03% 3,151
Kidder 2,214 72.31% 837 27.34% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 8 0.26% 1,377 44.97% 3,062
LaMoure 2,943 63.70% 1,637 35.43% 26 0.56% 6 0.13% 8 0.17% 1,306 28.27% 4,620
Logan 2,572 83.59% 498 16.18% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,074 67.40% 3,077
McHenry 3,894 63.07% 2,225 36.04% 28 0.45% 21 0.34% 6 0.10% 1,669 27.03% 6,174
McIntosh 3,494 91.66% 318 8.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,176 83.32% 3,812
McKenzie 1,563 38.63% 2,440 60.31% 21 0.52% 8 0.20% 14 0.35% -877 -21.68% 4,046
McLean 4,113 58.99% 2,666 38.24% 167 2.40% 13 0.19% 13 0.19% 1,447 20.75% 6,972
Mercer 3,341 85.36% 567 14.49% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 2,774 70.87% 3,914
Morton 5,499 65.25% 2,889 34.28% 22 0.26% 6 0.07% 12 0.14% 2,610 30.97% 8,428
Mountrail 1,981 44.67% 2,392 53.93% 39 0.88% 12 0.27% 11 0.25% -411 -9.27% 4,435
Nelson 1,859 43.07% 2,435 56.42% 11 0.25% 6 0.14% 5 0.12% -576 -13.35% 4,316
Oliver 1,356 83.55% 266 16.39% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,090 67.16% 1,623
Pembina 2,924 43.94% 3,711 55.76% 11 0.17% 1 0.02% 8 0.12% -787 -11.83% 6,655
Pierce 2,349 61.64% 1,451 38.07% 5 0.13% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 898 23.56% 3,811
Ramsey 3,629 50.44% 3,530 49.07% 25 0.35% 6 0.08% 4 0.06% 99 1.38% 7,194
Ransom 2,579 56.20% 1,986 43.28% 19 0.41% 3 0.07% 2 0.04% 593 12.92% 4,589
Renville 1,202 47.03% 1,298 50.78% 48 1.88% 8 0.31% 0 0.00% -96 -3.76% 2,556
Richland 5,102 58.42% 3,584 41.04% 32 0.37% 6 0.07% 10 0.11% 1,518 17.38% 8,734
Rolette 1,555 35.41% 2,820 64.21% 10 0.23% 3 0.07% 4 0.09% -1,265 -28.80% 4,392
Sargent 1,922 50.01% 1,894 49.28% 21 0.55% 1 0.03% 5 0.13% 28 0.73% 3,843
Sheridan 2,405 81.33% 543 18.36% 2 0.07% 7 0.24% 0 0.00% 1,862 62.97% 2,957
Sioux 1,167 66.84% 578 33.10% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 589 33.73% 1,746
Slope 801 57.58% 585 42.06% 4 0.29% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 216 15.53% 1,391
Stark 4,367 67.63% 2,075 32.14% 7 0.11% 2 0.03% 6 0.09% 2,292 35.50% 6,457
Steele 1,328 47.70% 1,434 51.51% 17 0.61% 3 0.11% 2 0.07% -106 -3.81% 2,784
Stutsman 5,634 58.92% 3,897 40.76% 19 0.20% 3 0.03% 9 0.09% 1,737 18.17% 9,562
Towner 1,630 50.29% 1,596 49.24% 10 0.31% 2 0.06% 3 0.09% 34 1.05% 3,241
Traill 2,882 53.47% 2,476 45.94% 15 0.28% 8 0.15% 9 0.17% 406 7.53% 5,390
Walsh 3,051 35.61% 5,499 64.18% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% 13 0.15% -2,448 -28.57% 8,568
Ward 6,519 45.61% 7,669 53.66% 67 0.47% 13 0.09% 25 0.17% -1,150 -8.05% 14,293
Wells 3,335 63.74% 1,878 35.89% 13 0.25% 1 0.02% 5 0.10% 1,457 27.85% 5,232
Williams 2,470 34.25% 4,579 63.50% 121 1.68% 31 0.43% 10 0.14% -2,109 -29.25% 7,211
Total 154,590 55.06% 124,036 44.18% 1,279 0.46% 545 0.19% 325 0.12% 30,554 10.88% 280,775

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ "ND US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
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