1940 United States presidential election in Oklahoma
Results
Table:
United States presidential election in Oklahoma, 1940

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)

474,313

57.41%

Republican

Wendell Willkie

348,872

42.23%

Prohibition

Roger Babson

3,027

0.37%

Total votes

826,212

100%

Drawing on the following table labelled section "Results" within 1940 United States presidential election in Oklahoma, write a short sentence answering the following question: Who won Oklahoma in the 1940 presidential election and by how much? Return your answer as JSON: {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Oklahoma was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 57.41% of the votes, against Wendell Willkie, with 42.23% of the votes.