Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Murwi wenguva refu weDemocratic, Willkie akachinja kunyoreswa kwake kwebato kuva weRepublican mukupera kwa 1939. Haana kumhanya mumakwikwi e1940 ehurumende, asi akazviisa sechisarudzo chinogamuchirika chekokorodzano isina kubudirira. Akatsvaka rutsigiro kubva kuvamiriri vasina kuzvipira, nepo vatsigiri vake - vazhinji vechidiki - vaishingairira kukurudzira kukwikwidza kwake. Sezvo mauto eGermany aifambira mberi
muEurope yekumadokero muna 1940, maRepublican mazhinji aisada kugadza munhu aisarura saThomas E. Dewey, uye vakatendeukira kuna Willkie, uyo akasarudzwa pavavhoti yechitanhatu pamusoro peOhio Senator Robert A. Taft. Rutsigiro rwaWillkie rwekubatsira Britain rwakarubvisa sechinhu chikuru mumakwikwi ake naRoosevelt, uye Willkie akatsigirawo purezidhendi pakunyorwa kwenguva yerunyararo. Varume vacho vose vakatora nzvimbo dzokuzviparadzanisa zvikuru panosvika mugumo womujaho. Roosevelt akakunda nguva yechitatu isina kumboitika, achitora 38 dzenyika 48.