1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut

1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut
	November 5, 1940
Turnout	90.46%
Roosevelt 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Wilkie 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

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 2025, this is the most recent election where Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Massachusetts.

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	417,621	53.44%	8	100.00%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie of New York	Charles Linza McNary of Oregon	361,819	46.30%	0	0.00%
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder of Kansas	James W. Ford of New York	1,091	0.14%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	John W. Aiken of Connecticut	Aaron M. Orange of New York	971	0.12%	0	0.00%
Total				781,502	100.00%	8	100.00%

By county

1940 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) ^[3]
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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Middlesex

References

^ "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1941". CT State Library.
^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
^ "1940 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

[1] "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1941". CT State Library.

[results-2] "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

[3] "1940 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

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See also: Political party strength in Connecticut

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Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

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