<page_title> 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Democratic <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940 </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Franklin D. Roosevelt <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 53.11% <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> Wendell Willkie <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 46.36% <col_header> United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1940 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Roosevelt carried Massachusetts with 53.11 percent of the vote to Willkie’s 46.36 percent, a Democratic victory margin of 6.75 percent.