County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
Willkie
50-60%
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 [update] , this is the last election when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Broadwater , Madison , Meagher and Garfield .[1]
Results
Results by county
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[3]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
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
References
This page was last edited on 31 December 2020, at 19:00