1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Flag of New Mexico.svg
  1936 November 5, 1940 1944  
  FDRoosevelt1938.png WendellWillkie.jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote30
Popular vote103,69979,315
Percentage56.59%43.28%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 5, 1940. All 48 States were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won New Mexico by a 13-point margin over Republican businessman Wendell Willkie. [1] This was the only election in United States history where a President was elected to serve a third full term.

Results

1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic 103,699 56.59% −6.10
Republican 79,31543.28%+6.78
Socialist 1440.08%−0.12
Prohibition
1000.05%+0.01
Total votes183,258 100.00%
Democratic win

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt [2]
Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie [2]
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin
 %# %# %# %#
Lea 76.81%4,29523.00%1,2860.20%1153.81%3,009
Eddy 75.34%4,96824.64%1,6250.02%150.70%3,343
Curry 73.90%4,67025.78%1,6290.32%2048.12%3,041
Roosevelt 69.50%3,19030.15%1,3840.35%1639.35%1,806
Quay 69.14%3,21530.39%1,4130.47%2238.75%1,802
Hidalgo 67.03%1,04932.97%5160.00%034.06%533
De Baca 66.58%97032.88%4790.55%833.70%491
Grant 66.01%3,91433.99%2,0150.00%032.03%1,899
McKinley 59.66%2,52540.19%1,7010.14%619.47%824
Chaves 58.97%4,30440.84%2,9810.19%1418.13%1,323
Doña Ana 58.26%5,20841.62%3,7200.12%1116.65%1,488
Luna 56.42%1,38843.33%1,0660.24%613.09%322
San Miguel 55.32%6,05444.61%4,8820.06%710.71%1,172
Colfax 55.05%4,23444.90%3,4530.05%410.15%781
Bernalillo 54.53%14,42845.35%11,9990.13%349.18%2,429
Rio Arriba 53.55%4,95246.38%4,2890.06%67.17%663
Guadalupe 53.41%2,08246.36%1,8070.23%97.05%275
Otero 52.76%1,78847.09%1,5960.15%55.67%192
Sierra 52.71%1,53447.15%1,3720.14%45.57%162
Catron 52.26%1,03947.74%9490.00%04.53%90
Union 50.96%1,98748.73%1,9000.31%122.23%87
Taos 50.85%3,46349.07%3,3420.07%51.78%121
Sandoval 50.85%2,06049.12%1,9900.02%11.73%70
Santa Fe 50.76%6,48249.22%6,2850.02%31.54%197
Harding 50.15%1,00449.85%9980.00%00.30%6
Lincoln 49.38%1,76350.25%1,7940.36%13-0.87%-31
Valencia 49.08%3,31850.83%3,4360.09%6-1.75%-118
Socorro 47.89%2,48952.01%2,7030.10%5-4.12%-214
San Juan 45.06%1,44554.79%1,7570.16%5-9.73%-312
Mora 44.54%1,96055.44%2,4400.02%1-10.91%-480
Torrance 43.28%1,92156.52%2,5090.20%9-13.25%-588

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References

  1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 306 ISBN   0405077114