Election in Colorado
1940 United States presidential election in Colorado|
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Colorado_Presidential_Election_Results_1940.svg/300px-Colorado_Presidential_Election_Results_1940.svg.png) County Results
Willkie
50–60%
60–70%
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Roosevelt
50–60%
60–70%
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 50.92% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 48.37% of the popular vote.[3][4] Colorado was one of eight states won by Willkie that Roosevelt had carried four years prior; the state swung from a 23-point Democratic landslide in 1936 to a narrow 2.5-point Republican win in 1940.