Roosevelt narrowly carried New Jersey with 51.55 percent of the vote to Willkie’s 47.93 percent, a margin of 3.62 percent.[1] Reflecting the closeness of the statewide result, Roosevelt and Willkie virtually split the state's 21 counties: Roosevelt won 11 counties to Willkie's ten. Roosevelt edged out Willkie statewide with decisive victories in some of the most heavily populated parts of the state, while keeping the results close in heavily populated counties that he lost.
Roosevelt performed much more strongly overall in South Jersey, winning majorities in 6 out of 8 of the southernmost counties in the state; his strongest county win there was urban Camden County, where he broke 60% of the vote. In South Jersey, Willkie won only rural Cape May County. Besides his victories in North Jersey, Willkie also won Monmouth County and Ocean County in the central portion of the state.
New Jersey by 1940 had become a closely divided swing state with a Republican lean, and its results in 1940 adhered to that pattern. Roosevelt had carried the state in the midst of both of his preceding nationwide landslides, although only by a very narrow margin in 1932. As Roosevelt decisively won re-election to an unprecedented third term, carrying 38 out of 48 states, his narrow margin of victory in New Jersey made the state about 6 points more Republican than the national average.
^"1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Jersey". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
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Main article 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 5 1940 All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election Voters chose 16 electors to the Electoral College which selected the president and vice president 1940 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1936 November 5 1940 1944 Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Wendell WillkieParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York New YorkRunning mate Henry A Wallace Charles L McNaryElectoral vote 16 0Popular vote 1 016 808 945 475Percentage 51 55 47 93 County Results Roosevelt 50 60 60 70 Willkie 50 60 60 70 President before electionFranklin D RooseveltDemocratic Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticNew Jersey was won by the Democratic nominees incumbent President Franklin D Roosevelt of New York and his running mate Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace of Iowa Roosevelt and Wallace defeated the Republican nominees corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie of New York and his running mate Senate Minority Leader Charles L McNary of Oregon Roosevelt narrowly carried New Jersey with 51 55 percent of the vote to Willkie s 47 93 percent a margin of 3 62 percent 1 Reflecting the closeness of the statewide result Roosevelt and Willkie virtually split the state s 21 counties Roosevelt won 11 counties to Willkie s ten Roosevelt edged out Willkie statewide with decisive victories in some of the most heavily populated parts of the state while keeping the results close in heavily populated counties that he lost In North Jersey Roosevelt maintained his dominance in heavily populated Hudson County part of the New York metropolitan area where the New Deal Coalition was very strong breaking 60 of the vote in the county for the third election in a row Roosevelt also won heavily populated Middlesex County with more than 60 of the vote along with majorities in Mercer County Passaic County and rural Warren County Willkie won the remaining counties of North Jersey breaking sixty percent of the vote in Bergen County and Morris County Roosevelt performed much more strongly overall in South Jersey winning majorities in 6 out of 8 of the southernmost counties in the state his strongest county win there was urban Camden County where he broke 60 of the vote In South Jersey Willkie won only rural Cape May County Besides his victories in North Jersey Willkie also won Monmouth County and Ocean County in the central portion of the state New Jersey by 1940 had become a closely divided swing state with a Republican lean and its results in 1940 adhered to that pattern Roosevelt had carried the state in the midst of both of his preceding nationwide landslides although only by a very narrow margin in 1932 As Roosevelt decisively won re election to an unprecedented third term carrying 38 out of 48 states his narrow margin of victory in New Jersey made the state about 6 points more Republican than the national average Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1940 United States presidential election in New JerseyParty Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Franklin D Roosevelt incumbent 1 016 808 51 55 16Republican Wendell Willkie 945 475 47 93 0Communist Earl Browder 6 508 0 33 0Socialist Norman Thomas 2 433 0 12 0National Prohibition Roger Babson 873 0 04 0Socialist Labor John W Aiken 455 0 02 0Totals 1 974 214 100 0 16Results by county edit County Franklin D Roosevelt 2 Democratic Wendell Willkie 2 Republican Earl Browder 2 Communist Norman Thomas 2 Socialist Roger Babson 2 National Prohibition John W Aiken 2 Socialist Labor Margin Total votes cast Atlantic 36 155 54 13 30 551 45 74 26 0 04 33 0 05 28 0 04 5 0 01 5 604 8 39 66 798Bergen 76 541 36 65 131 588 63 01 190 0 09 379 0 18 58 0 03 67 0 03 55 047 26 36 208 823Burlington 26 574 55 50 21 161 44 20 13 0 03 71 0 15 53 0 11 6 0 01 5 413 11 31 47 878Camden 84 837 65 81 43 480 33 73 93 0 07 337 0 26 158 0 12 14 0 01 41 357 32 08 128 919Cape May 8 485 47 29 9 429 52 55 4 0 02 10 0 06 16 0 09 0 0 00 944 5 26 17 944Cumberland 19 251 53 95 16 322 45 75 13 0 04 23 0 06 58 0 16 13 0 04 2 929 8 21 35 680Essex 154 363 44 87 182 124 52 94 6 556 1 91 765 0 22 139 0 04 87 0 03 27 761 8 07 344 034Gloucester 20 284 53 22 17 674 46 38 11 0 03 51 0 13 82 0 22 9 0 02 2 610 6 85 38 111Hudson 208 429 65 85 107 552 33 98 255 0 08 237 0 07 9 0 00 26 0 01 100 877 31 87 316 508Hunterdon 7 872 43 25 10 284 56 50 2 0 01 27 0 15 12 0 07 6 0 03 2 412 13 25 18 203Mercer 50 121 57 26 37 190 42 49 119 0 14 85 0 10 14 0 02 4 0 00 12 931 14 77 87 533Middlesex 67 140 61 59 41 709 38 26 69 0 06 23 0 02 6 0 01 66 0 06 25 431 23 33 109 013Monmouth 36 298 42 18 49 675 57 73 16 0 02 29 0 03 23 0 03 6 0 01 13 377 15 55 86 047Morris 24 698 38 23 39 720 61 47 25 0 04 117 0 18 47 0 07 5 0 01 15 022 23 25 64 612Ocean 8 762 39 50 13 394 60 38 18 0 08 6 0 03 2 0 01 0 0 00 4 632 20 88 22 182Passaic 69 880 51 42 65 523 48 21 231 0 17 184 0 14 31 0 02 58 0 04 4 357 3 21 135 907Salem 12 244 59 92 8 132 39 80 15 0 07 16 0 08 26 0 13 0 0 00 4 112 20 12 20 433Somerset 16 490 44 86 20 169 54 87 36 0 10 40 0 11 10 0 03 10 0 03 3 679 10 01 36 755Sussex 6 314 42 14 8 642 57 67 4 0 03 7 0 05 16 0 11 1 0 01 2 328 15 54 14 984Union 70 737 46 45 79 962 52 50 1 116 0 73 369 0 24 52 0 03 60 0 04 9 225 6 06 152 296Warren 10 929 50 69 10 595 49 14 8 0 04 14 0 06 12 0 06 3 0 01 334 1 55 21 561Totals 1 016 404 51 48 944 876 47 86 8 814 0 45 2 823 0 14 851 0 04 446 0 02 71 528 3 62 1 974 214See also editPresidency of Franklin D Roosevelt United States presidential elections in New JerseyReferences edit 1940 Presidential General Election Results New Jersey Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved November 30 2013 a b c d e f Our Campaigns NJ US President Race November 05 1940 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States presidential election in New Jersey amp oldid 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