United States presidential election in Maine, 1940

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1940

November 5, 1940

Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt Party Republican Democratic Home state Indiana New York Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 163,951 156,478 Percentage 51.10% 48.77%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Maine was won by Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of Indiana, who was running against incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon while Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa.

Willkie won Maine by a narrow margin of 2.33 percent.

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1940
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Wendell Willkie of Indiana	Charles Linza McNary of Oregon	163,951	51.10%	5	100.00%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	156,478	48.77%	0	0.00%
	Communist	Earl Russell Browder of Kansas	James W. Ford of New York	411	0.13%	0	0.00%
Total				320,840	100.00%	5	100.00%