The 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by the Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 52.20% of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Wendell Willkie, garnered 47.80% of the popular vote. This is the only time that Democrats won Ohio in three consecutive elections.
Franklin Roosevelt became the first presidential candidate to carry Ohio three times, which only Richard Nixon (who won the state only twice consecutively) and Donald Trump have achieved since.
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