1940 United States presidential election in Indiana

1940 United States presidential election in Indiana

November 5, 1940
Turnout81.1% 2.4 pp
 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 899,466 874,063
Percentage 50.4% 49.0%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the president of the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation Wendell Willkie and the senior U.S. senator from Oregon Charles L. McNary defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the national election with 449 electoral votes.