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Parents > United States > North Dakota > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1940 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1941 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1945 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRBH January 29, 2022 05:23pm
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Description "Alfred Knutson of Fargo will be in [the third/Independent] column for presidential elector without party designation and without any presidential
preference." - Bismarck Tribune, 9/27/1940

"Peace-Jobs-Security-Civil Rights" - Slogan printed under Knutson's listing on the Ballot (the Ballot was in the October 24th, 1940 Bismarck Tribune)
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1936
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes163,148 (59.60%)
Term01/20/1937 - 01/20/1941 Margin90,397 (+33.03%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1944
NameThomas E. Dewey Votes118,535 (53.84%)
Term01/20/1945 - 01/20/1949 Margin18,391 (+8.35%)
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MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
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10/26/1940 11/03/1940

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name Wendell L. Willkie (I) President Franklin D. Roosevelt Party Leader Norman M. Thomas Alfred B. Knutson Roger W. Babson  
PartyRepublican Democratic Socialist Peace Prohibition  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 154,590 (55.06%) 124,036 (44.18%) 1,279 (0.46%) 545 (0.19%) 325 (0.12%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -30,554 (-10.88%) -153,311 (-54.60%) -154,045 (-54.86%) -154,265 (-54.94%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
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MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg51.12%-- 48.65%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Gallup 
10/26/40-11/03/40
54.00% -- 46.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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