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The 1940 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana voted powerfully to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie, a dark horse candidate that had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Montana by a convincing 18.61% margin. As of the 2020 presidential election, this remains the last election in which the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential nominee: Broadwater, Madison, Meagher and Garfield.
Results
| 1940 United States presidential election in Montana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 145,698 | 58.78% | 4 | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 99,579 | 40.17% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,443 | 0.58% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 664 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 489 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Totals | 247,783 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 1,632 | 48.41% | 1,725 | 51.17% | 14 | 0.42% | -93 | -2.76% | 3,371 |
| Big Horn | 1,926 | 54.10% | 1,616 | 45.39% | 18 | 0.51% | 310 | 8.71% | 3,560 |
| Blaine | 2,129 | 63.99% | 1,165 | 35.02% | 33 | 0.99% | 964 | 28.98% | 3,327 |
| Broadwater | 854 | 52.94% | 755 | 46.81% | 4 | 0.25% | 99 | 6.14% | 1,613 |
| Carbon | 2,678 | 51.89% | 2,421 | 46.91% | 62 | 1.20% | 257 | 4.98% | 5,161 |
| Carter | 734 | 56.81% | 556 | 43.03% | 2 | 0.15% | 178 | 13.78% | 1,292 |
| Cascade | 13,637 | 67.10% | 6,443 | 31.70% | 244 | 1.20% | 7,194 | 35.40% | 20,324 |
| Chouteau | 2,213 | 63.68% | 1,235 | 35.54% | 27 | 0.78% | 978 | 28.14% | 3,475 |
| Custer | 2,782 | 57.55% | 2,017 | 41.73% | 35 | 0.72% | 765 | 15.83% | 4,834 |
| Daniels | 1,086 | 56.53% | 807 | 42.01% | 28 | 1.46% | 279 | 14.52% | 1,921 |
| Dawson | 1,765 | 52.03% | 1,612 | 47.52% | 15 | 0.44% | 153 | 4.51% | 3,392 |
| Deer Lodge | 4,916 | 66.93% | 2,397 | 32.63% | 32 | 0.44% | 2,519 | 34.30% | 7,345 |
| Fallon | 686 | 42.24% | 925 | 56.96% | 13 | 0.80% | -239 | -14.72% | 1,624 |
| Fergus | 3,873 | 58.51% | 2,706 | 40.88% | 40 | 0.60% | 1,167 | 17.63% | 6,619 |
| Flathead | 5,127 | 52.96% | 4,403 | 45.48% | 151 | 1.56% | 724 | 7.48% | 9,681 |
| Gallatin | 4,718 | 57.55% | 3,430 | 41.84% | 50 | 0.61% | 1,288 | 15.71% | 8,198 |
| Garfield | 644 | 50.67% | 625 | 49.17% | 2 | 0.16% | 19 | 1.49% | 1,271 |
| Glacier | 2,399 | 63.80% | 1,352 | 35.96% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,047 | 27.85% | 3,760 |
| Golden Valley | 351 | 46.25% | 402 | 52.96% | 6 | 0.79% | -51 | -6.72% | 759 |
| Granite | 917 | 53.63% | 784 | 45.85% | 9 | 0.53% | 133 | 7.78% | 1,710 |
| Hill | 3,700 | 65.87% | 1,842 | 32.79% | 75 | 1.34% | 1,858 | 33.08% | 5,617 |
| Jefferson | 1,259 | 60.04% | 830 | 39.58% | 8 | 0.38% | 429 | 20.46% | 2,097 |
| Judith Basin | 1,215 | 63.51% | 670 | 35.02% | 28 | 1.46% | 545 | 28.49% | 1,913 |
| Lake | 2,379 | 45.92% | 2,718 | 52.46% | 84 | 1.62% | -339 | -6.54% | 5,181 |
| Lewis and Clark | 5,814 | 54.42% | 4,762 | 44.58% | 107 | 1.00% | 1,052 | 9.85% | 10,683 |
| Liberty | 550 | 55.33% | 434 | 43.66% | 10 | 1.01% | 116 | 11.67% | 994 |
| Lincoln | 2,150 | 62.35% | 1,250 | 36.25% | 48 | 1.39% | 900 | 26.10% | 3,448 |
| Madison | 1,674 | 51.41% | 1,557 | 47.82% | 25 | 0.77% | 117 | 3.59% | 3,256 |
| McCone | 928 | 61.83% | 529 | 35.24% | 44 | 2.93% | 399 | 26.58% | 1,501 |
| Meagher | 621 | 53.67% | 520 | 44.94% | 16 | 1.38% | 101 | 8.73% | 1,157 |
| Mineral | 645 | 60.39% | 402 | 37.64% | 21 | 1.97% | 243 | 22.75% | 1,068 |
| Missoula | 7,747 | 57.23% | 5,640 | 41.66% | 150 | 1.11% | 2,107 | 15.56% | 13,537 |
| Musselshell | 1,807 | 61.21% | 1,086 | 36.79% | 59 | 2.00% | 721 | 24.42% | 2,952 |
| Park | 2,833 | 53.26% | 2,433 | 45.74% | 53 | 1.00% | 400 | 7.52% | 5,319 |
| Petroleum | 316 | 50.08% | 313 | 49.60% | 2 | 0.32% | 3 | 0.48% | 631 |
| Phillips | 2,225 | 66.10% | 1,110 | 32.98% | 31 | 0.92% | 1,115 | 33.13% | 3,366 |
| Pondera | 1,899 | 63.72% | 1,038 | 34.83% | 43 | 1.44% | 861 | 28.89% | 2,980 |
| Powder River | 561 | 46.29% | 633 | 52.23% | 18 | 1.49% | -72 | -5.94% | 1,212 |
| Powell | 1,765 | 60.82% | 1,116 | 38.46% | 21 | 0.72% | 649 | 22.36% | 2,902 |
| Prairie | 554 | 47.72% | 597 | 51.42% | 10 | 0.86% | -43 | -3.70% | 1,161 |
| Ravalli | 2,773 | 52.19% | 2,483 | 46.73% | 57 | 1.07% | 290 | 5.46% | 5,313 |
| Richland | 2,095 | 57.48% | 1,497 | 41.07% | 53 | 1.45% | 598 | 16.41% | 3,645 |
| Roosevelt | 2,418 | 60.72% | 1,503 | 37.74% | 61 | 1.53% | 915 | 22.98% | 3,982 |
| Rosebud | 1,399 | 52.26% | 1,252 | 46.77% | 26 | 0.97% | 147 | 5.49% | 2,677 |
| Sanders | 1,634 | 58.48% | 1,088 | 38.94% | 72 | 2.58% | 546 | 19.54% | 2,794 |
| Sheridan | 2,108 | 69.07% | 892 | 29.23% | 52 | 1.70% | 1,216 | 39.84% | 3,052 |
| Silver Bow | 17,467 | 67.88% | 7,932 | 30.82% | 335 | 1.30% | 9,535 | 37.05% | 25,734 |
| Stillwater | 1,201 | 48.53% | 1,255 | 50.71% | 19 | 0.77% | -54 | -2.18% | 2,475 |
| Sweet Grass | 741 | 46.00% | 861 | 53.45% | 9 | 0.56% | -120 | -7.45% | 1,611 |
| Teton | 1,735 | 59.95% | 1,132 | 39.12% | 27 | 0.93% | 603 | 20.84% | 2,894 |
| Toole | 1,954 | 61.41% | 1,218 | 38.28% | 10 | 0.31% | 736 | 23.13% | 3,182 |
| Treasure | 321 | 52.62% | 287 | 47.05% | 2 | 0.33% | 34 | 5.57% | 610 |
| Valley | 3,493 | 67.67% | 1,597 | 30.94% | 72 | 1.39% | 1,896 | 36.73% | 5,162 |
| Wheatland | 948 | 54.42% | 786 | 45.12% | 8 | 0.46% | 162 | 9.30% | 1,742 |
| Wibaux | 576 | 55.23% | 461 | 44.20% | 6 | 0.58% | 115 | 11.03% | 1,043 |
| Yellowstone | 9,036 | 51.18% | 8,479 | 48.03% | 140 | 0.79% | 557 | 3.15% | 17,655 |
| Totals | 145,608 | 58.76% | 99,579 | 40.19% | 2,596 | 1.05% | 46,029 | 18.58% | 247,783 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- David Leip. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 271 ISBN 0405077114
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