A former Governor of New York who had easily carried the state in his previous two presidential campaigns, Franklin Roosevelt again won New York State in 1940, but by a much closer margin. Roosevelt took 51.50% of the vote versus Wendell Willkie's 47.95%, a margin of 3.55%. This is the only one of his four elections in which New York was decided by less than 5%.
New York weighed in for this election as 6% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1940 was a very partisan election for New York, with 99.45% of the electorate casting votes for either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.[2] In typical form for the time, the highly populated centers of New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Rochester voted primarily Democratic, while the majority of smaller counties in New York turned out for Willkie as the Republican candidate. Much of Roosevelt's margin of victory was provided by his dominance in New York City. Roosevelt took over 60% of the vote in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and decisively won New York City as a whole.
However, the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island flipped to the Republican side in 1940 after voting for FDR in 1932 and 1936, a major contributing factor as to why the race was much closer than the 20-point margin that FDR had won the state by in 1936, along with Willkie also winning the counties of Schenectady, Montgomery, Rockland and Sullivan, all of which Roosevelt had won in 1936. This was the first time since 1836 that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Staten Island.
^Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
^"1940 Presidential General Election Results – New York". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
^New York, ‘Vote, New York State, By Counties, November 5, 1940 For Highest Elector for President and Vice President’, The New York Red Book 1941 (Albany, 1941)
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Main article 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 5 1940 All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election Voters had chosen 47 electors to the Electoral College which selected the president and vice president 1940 United States presidential election in New York 1936 November 5 1940 1944 Turnout75 7 1 3 1 pp Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Wendell WillkieParty Democratic RepublicanAlliance American LaborHome state New York New YorkRunning mate Henry A Wallace Charles L McNaryElectoral vote 47 0Popular vote 3 251 918 3 027 478Percentage 51 50 47 95 County Results Roosevelt 50 60 60 70 Willkie 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before electionFranklin D RooseveltDemocratic Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticNew York was won by 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 and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L McNary of Oregon A former Governor of New York who had easily carried the state in his previous two presidential campaigns Franklin Roosevelt again won New York State in 1940 but by a much closer margin Roosevelt took 51 50 of the vote versus Wendell Willkie s 47 95 a margin of 3 55 This is the only one of his four elections in which New York was decided by less than 5 New York weighed in for this election as 6 more Republican than the national average The presidential election of 1940 was a very partisan election for New York with 99 45 of the electorate casting votes for either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party 2 In typical form for the time the highly populated centers of New York City Albany Buffalo and Rochester voted primarily Democratic while the majority of smaller counties in New York turned out for Willkie as the Republican candidate Much of Roosevelt s margin of victory was provided by his dominance in New York City Roosevelt took over 60 of the vote in Manhattan Brooklyn and the Bronx and decisively won New York City as a whole However the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island flipped to the Republican side in 1940 after voting for FDR in 1932 and 1936 a major contributing factor as to why the race was much closer than the 20 point margin that FDR had won the state by in 1936 along with Willkie also winning the counties of Schenectady Montgomery Rockland and Sullivan all of which Roosevelt had won in 1936 This was the first time since 1836 that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Staten Island Contents 1 Results 1 1 New York City results 1 2 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1940 United States presidential election in New YorkParty Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Franklin D Roosevelt 2 834 500 44 98 American Labor Franklin D Roosevelt 417 418 6 62 Total Franklin D Roosevelt incumbent 3 251 918 51 50 47Republican Wendell Willkie 3 027 478 47 95 0Socialist Norman Thomas 18 950 0 30 0Communist Earl Browder 11 289 0 18 0Prohibition Roger Babson 3 250 0 05 0N A Others 1 012 0 02 0Totals 6 313 897 100 0 47New York City results edit 1940 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island TotalDemocratic American Labor Franklin D Roosevelt 478 153 418 931 742 668 288 024 38 307 1 966 083 60 69 61 45 67 11 64 83 46 91 49 45 Republican Wendell Willkie 292 480 198 293 394 534 323 406 38 911 1 247 624 38 52 37 59 31 77 34 44 52 68 50 23 Socialist Norman Thomas 3 496 2 990 3 951 1 749 208 12 394 0 38 1 48 1 30 1 20 1 69 1 62 Prohibition Aaron S Watkins 378 304 460 153 22 1 317 0 04 0 05 0 05 0 04 0 02 0 03 TOTAL 778 099 624 204 1 145 567 613 954 77 467 3 239 291 100 00 Results by county edit County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic American Labor Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast 3 Albany 77 052 56 58 58 912 43 26 210 0 15 18 140 13 32 136 174Allegany 5 077 24 45 15 611 75 17 79 0 38 10 534 50 72 20 767Bronx 418 931 67 11 198 293 31 77 6 980 1 12 220 638 35 35 624 204Broome 32 092 42 07 44 013 57 70 179 0 23 11 921 15 63 76 284Cattaraugus 11 924 34 02 22 987 65 57 144 0 41 11 063 31 56 35 055Cayuga 13 985 39 76 21 032 59 80 156 0 44 7 047 20 04 35 173Chautauqua 21 524 37 55 35 536 62 00 256 0 45 14 012 24 45 57 316Chemung 15 203 40 54 22 156 59 08 140 0 37 6 953 18 54 37 499Chenango 5 241 26 94 14 168 72 84 43 0 22 8 927 45 89 19 452Clinton 11 378 52 19 10 369 47 56 53 0 24 1 009 4 63 21 800Columbia 8 591 38 76 13 527 61 04 44 0 20 4 936 22 27 22 162Cortland 5 147 29 56 12 233 70 26 31 0 18 7 086 40 70 17 411Delaware 5 968 27 50 15 684 72 28 48 0 22 9 716 44 77 21 700Dutchess 25 598 44 10 32 329 55 69 122 0 21 6 731 11 60 58 049Erie 189 779 50 68 183 664 49 05 992 0 26 6 115 1 63 374 435Essex 5 545 31 77 11 868 68 01 38 0 22 6 323 36 23 17 451Franklin 9 479 45 23 11 446 54 61 33 0 16 1 967 9 39 20 958Fulton 9 040 37 64 14 896 62 03 79 0 33 5 856 24 38 24 015Genesee 6 664 31 39 14 503 68 32 62 0 29 7 839 36 93 21 229Greene 6 425 38 67 10 153 61 10 38 0 23 3 728 22 44 16 616Hamilton 840 29 24 2 029 70 62 4 0 14 1 189 41 39 2 873Herkimer 13 013 42 45 17 590 57 38 54 0 18 4 577 14 93 30 657Jefferson 14 581 36 22 25 584 63 54 97 0 24 11 003 27 33 40 262Kings 742 668 64 83 394 534 34 44 8 365 0 73 348 134 30 39 1 145 567Lewis 3 466 30 06 8 049 69 80 17 0 15 4 583 39 74 11 532Livingston 6 397 33 52 12 629 66 18 58 0 30 6 232 32 66 19 084Madison 6 301 29 09 15 262 70 46 99 0 46 8 961 41 37 21 662Monroe 120 613 51 09 114 383 48 45 1 099 0 47 6 230 2 64 236 095Montgomery 15 079 49 18 15 546 50 71 34 0 11 467 1 52 30 659Nassau 73 171 33 67 143 672 66 12 450 0 21 70 501 32 45 217 293New York 478 153 61 45 292 480 37 59 7 466 0 96 185 673 23 86 778 099Niagara 33 207 47 37 36 729 52 39 165 0 24 3 522 5 02 70 101Oneida 49 109 48 27 52 362 51 47 271 0 27 3 253 3 20 101 742Onondaga 67 481 42 44 91 056 57 26 485 0 30 23 575 14 82 159 022Ontario 9 110 32 35 18 932 67 23 120 0 43 9 822 34 88 28 162Orange 27 632 41 43 38 913 58 35 145 0 22 11 281 16 92 66 690Orleans 4 525 29 16 10 958 70 61 36 0 23 6 433 41 45 15 519Oswego 13 459 37 15 22 688 62 62 83 0 23 9 229 25 47 36 230Otsego 7 798 31 64 16 771 68 04 78 0 32 8 973 36 41 24 647Putnam 4 794 39 96 7 164 59 71 39 0 33 2 370 19 75 11 997Queens 288 024 46 91 323 406 52 68 2 524 0 41 35 382 5 76 613 954Rensselaer 32 387 44 90 39 648 54 97 97 0 13 7 261 10 07 72 132Richmond 38 307 49 45 38 911 50 23 249 0 32 604 0 78 77 467Rockland 14 897 42 20 20 040 56 77 362 1 03 5 143 14 57 35 299Saratoga 15 037 41 27 21 298 58 46 98 0 27 6 261 17 18 36 433Schenectady 32 041 48 20 34 101 51 30 334 0 50 2 060 3 10 66 476Schoharie 4 073 35 68 7 316 64 10 25 0 22 3 243 28 41 11 414Schuyler 2 211 30 83 4 936 68 83 24 0 33 2 725 38 00 7 171Seneca 4 203 33 36 8 364 66 39 31 0 25 4 161 33 03 12 598St Lawrence 15 569 38 93 24 339 60 86 82 0 21 8 770 21 93 39 990Steuben 14 651 34 58 27 587 65 12 127 0 30 12 936 30 53 42 365Suffolk 33 853 34 60 63 712 65 12 270 0 28 29 859 30 52 97 835Sullivan 9 785 45 01 11 877 54 64 76 0 35 2 092 9 62 21 738Tioga 4 081 29 66 9 618 69 91 59 0 43 5 537 40 25 13 758Tompkins 7 118 32 81 14 325 66 04 250 1 15 7 207 33 22 21 693Ulster 20 403 42 78 27 186 57 00 107 0 22 6 783 14 22 47 696Warren 7 226 34 54 13 657 65 27 40 0 19 6 431 30 74 20 923Washington 7 977 33 27 15 960 66 57 38 0 16 7 983 33 30 23 975Wayne 7 358 27 65 19 196 72 12 62 0 23 11 838 44 48 26 616Westchester 110 114 37 49 182 883 62 27 694 0 24 72 769 24 78 293 691Wyoming 4 393 27 88 11 323 71 87 39 0 25 6 930 43 99 15 755Yates 2 170 23 40 7 084 76 38 21 0 23 4 914 52 98 9 275Totals 3 251 918 51 50 3 027 478 47 95 34 501 0 55 224 440 3 55 6 313 897See also editUnited States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Franklin D RooseveltReferences edit Bicentennial Edition Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970 part 2 p 1072 1940 Presidential General Election Results New York Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved July 25 2013 New York Vote New York State By Counties November 5 1940 For Highest Elector for President and Vice President The New York Red Book 1941 Albany 1941 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States presidential election in New York amp oldid 1173834067, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
