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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 abstract "The 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.Massachusetts voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie of Indiana. Roosevelt ran with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa, while Willkie's running mate was Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon.Roosevelt carried the state with 53.11% of the vote to Willkie's 46.36%, a Democratic victory margin of 6.75%. As Roosevelt was re-elected nationally to an unprecedented third term, Massachusetts weighed in as about 3% more Republican than the national average.Once a typical Yankee Republican bastion in the wake of the Civil War, Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, when a coalition of Irish Catholic and other ethnic immigrant voters primarily based in urban areas turned Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island into New England's only reliably Democratic states. Massachusetts voted for Al Smith in 1928, and for Franklin Roosevelt in his national Democratic landslides of 1932 and 1936. Roosevelt's 1940 victory thus marked the fourth straight win for the Democratic Party in Massachusetts, a state that had voted Democratic only once in its history prior to this series of consecutive Democratic wins. Roosevelt and Willkie would split the state's fourteen counties, winning 7 counties each. However Roosevelt won the most heavily populated parts of the state including the cities of Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, while most of Willkie's wins were sparsely populated counties.".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 country Massachusetts.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 startDate "1940-11-05".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 thumbnail Massachusetts_Election_Results_by_County,_1940.svg?width=300.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 title "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 afterElection Franklin_D._Roosevelt.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 afterParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 beforeElection Franklin_D._Roosevelt.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 beforeParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 country "Massachusetts".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 electionDate "1940-11-05".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 electionName "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 electoralVote "0".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 electoralVote "17".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 homeState Indiana.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 homeState New_York.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 mapCaption "County Results".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 nextElection "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1944".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 nextYear "1944".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 nominee Wendell_Willkie.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 nominee "Franklin D. Roosevelt".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 ongoing "no".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 party "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 party "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 percentage "46.36".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 percentage "53.11".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 popularVote "1076522".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 popularVote "939700".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 previousElection "United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1936".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 previousYear "1936".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 runningMate Charles_L._McNary.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 runningMate "Henry A. Wallace".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 title "President".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 type "presidential".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 subject Category:Massachusetts_elections,_1940.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 subject Category:United_States_presidential_election,_1940.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 subject Category:United_States_presidential_elections_in_Massachusetts.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 type Election.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 type Event.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts,_1940 comment "The 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 17 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.Massachusetts voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie of Indiana.".
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