1940 United States presidential election
Results
Roosevelt's net vote totals in the twelve largest cities decreased from 3,479,000 votes in the 1936 election to 2,112,000 votes, but it was still higher than his result from the 1932 election when he won by 1,791,000 votes. Of the 3,094 counties/independent cities, Roosevelt won in 1,947 (62.93%) while Willkie carried 1,147 (37.07%).
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As of 2024, Roosevelt was the sixth of eight presidential nominees to win a significant number of electoral votes in at least three elections, the others being Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Richard Nixon, and Donald Trump. Of these, Jackson, Cleveland, and Roosevelt also won the popular vote in at least three elections. Jefferson, Cleveland, Roosevelt, and Trump were also their respective party's nominees for three consecutive elections.
1940 United States presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 5, 1940. The Democratic) ticket of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace defeated the Republican) ticket of businessman Wendell Willkie and senator Charles McNary to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office. Until (/wiki/1988UnitedStatespresidentialelection), this was the last time in which the incumbent's party won three consecutive presidential elections. It was also the fourth presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in (/wiki/1860UnitedStatespresidentialelection), (/wiki/1904UnitedStatespresidentialelection), (/wiki/1920UnitedStatespresidentialelection), (/wiki/1944UnitedStatespresidentialelection), and (/wiki/2016UnitedStatespresidentialelection).
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