1940 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election political event

The 1940 United States presidential election was the contest in which incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office amid growing global tensions preceding U.S. entry into World War II.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election → political event →
country	United States →
electedPresident	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
electedVicePresident	Henry A. Wallace →
electionType	indirect election via Electoral College →
electoralCollegeVotesNeededToWin	266 →
followedBy	1944 United States presidential election →
follows	1936 United States presidential election →
hasCampaignSloganAssociatedWithRoosevelt	Your President Fights for You →
hasCampaignSloganAssociatedWithWillkie	No Third Term →
hasEndDate	1940-11-05 →
hasIncumbentPresident	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
hasLosingCandidate	Wendell Willkie →
hasLosingParty	Republican Party (United States) →
hasLosingRunningMate	Charles L. McNary →
hasMajorPartyCandidate	Franklin D. Roosevelt → Wendell Willkie →
hasStartDate	1940-11-05 →
hasThirdPartyOrIndependentCandidate	Earl Browder → Norman Thomas →
hasWinningCandidate	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
hasWinningParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
hasWinningRunningMate	Henry A. Wallace →
historicalSignificance	marked the only time a U.S. president was elected to a third consecutive term →
isFirstTimePresidentElectedToThirdTerm	true →
isThirdTermElectionFor	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
locatedIn	United States →
mainIssue	World War II and foreign policy → national defense and preparedness → third term for a U.S. president →
McNaryHomeState	Oregon →
occursBefore	United States entry into World War II →
occursDuring	World War II era →
partOf	United States presidential elections →
popularVoteTurnoutPercentage	62.5% →
precedesConstitutionalChange	Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution →
RooseveltElectoralVotes	449 →
RooseveltHomeState	New York →
RooseveltPopularVotePercentage	54.7% →
RooseveltPopularVotes	27481913 →
tookPlaceInMonth	November 1940 →
tookPlaceUnderConstitutionalFramework	United States Constitution →
totalElectoralCollegeVotes	531 →
votingSystem	winner-take-all by state (except Maine and Nebraska later, but not then) →
WallaceHomeState	Iowa →
WillkieElectoralVotes	82 →
WillkieHomeState	New York →
WillkiePopularVotePercentage	44.8% →
WillkiePopularVotes	22434755 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Norman Thomas →	candidateInElection
Charles L. McNary →	election
1936 United States presidential election →	followedBy
New Deal coalition →	significantEvent