County
|
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican
|
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
|
Earl Russell Browder Communist
|
Margin
|
Total votes cast[5]
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Androscoggin
|
10,394
|
34.99%
|
19,273
|
64.88%
|
40
|
0.13%
|
-8,879
|
-29.89%
|
29,707
|
Aroostook
|
13,888
|
58.34%
|
9,877
|
41.49%
|
39
|
0.16%
|
4,011
|
16.85%
|
23,804
|
Cumberland
|
29,795
|
52.47%
|
26,911
|
47.39%
|
76
|
0.13%
|
2,884
|
5.08%
|
56,782
|
Franklin
|
4,548
|
58.47%
|
3,224
|
41.44%
|
7
|
0.09%
|
1,324
|
17.02%
|
7,779
|
Hancock
|
8,539
|
66.36%
|
4,315
|
33.54%
|
13
|
0.10%
|
4,224
|
32.83%
|
12,867
|
Kennebec
|
14,877
|
48.36%
|
15,861
|
51.56%
|
27
|
0.09%
|
-984
|
-3.20%
|
30,765
|
Knox
|
6,530
|
60.76%
|
4,197
|
39.05%
|
20
|
0.19%
|
2,333
|
21.71%
|
10,747
|
Lincoln
|
5,244
|
68.42%
|
2,415
|
31.51%
|
5
|
0.07%
|
2,829
|
36.91%
|
7,664
|
Oxford
|
8,656
|
53.49%
|
7,502
|
46.36%
|
25
|
0.15%
|
1,154
|
7.13%
|
16,183
|
Penobscot
|
18,674
|
55.79%
|
14,757
|
44.09%
|
40
|
0.12%
|
3,917
|
11.70%
|
33,471
|
Piscataquis
|
3,806
|
52.05%
|
3,499
|
47.85%
|
7
|
0.10%
|
307
|
4.20%
|
7,312
|
Sagadahoc
|
3,504
|
43.30%
|
4,575
|
56.54%
|
13
|
0.16%
|
-1,071
|
-13.24%
|
8,092
|
Somerset
|
7,526
|
53.42%
|
6,534
|
46.38%
|
28
|
0.20%
|
992
|
7.04%
|
14,088
|
Waldo
|
5,170
|
61.56%
|
3,214
|
38.27%
|
14
|
0.17%
|
1,956
|
23.29%
|
8,398
|
Washington
|
6,253
|
43.65%
|
8,048
|
56.18%
|
25
|
0.17%
|
-1,795
|
-12.53%
|
14,326
|
York
|
16,547
|
42.59%
|
22,276
|
57.33%
|
32
|
0.08%
|
-5,729
|
-14.74%
|
38,855
|
Totals |
163,951 |
51.10% |
156,478 |
48.77% |
411 |
0.13% |
7,473 |
2.33% |
320,840
|
- ^ Dunn, Susan; 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler–the Election Amid the Storm, p. 107 ISBN 0300190867
- ^ Phillips, Kevin; The Emerging Republican Majority; p. 93 ISBN 1400852293
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 68 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 203 ISBN 0405077114