1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico

1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 103,699 79,315 Percentage 56.59% 43.28%

County Results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Willkie   50–60%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

Main article: 1940 United States presidential election

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.

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

General Election Results ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry H. Kramer	103,699
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Mrs. Howard B. Owens	103,211
	Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Procopio Torres	102,910
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	J. Tom Danie	79,315
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	Manuel Otero	79,302
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	Mrs. C. Mason	79,022
	Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	R. B. Cochran	144
	Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	J. E. Ledbetter	143
	Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	R. L. Vining	142
	Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	M. W. Sides	100
	Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	S. P. Crouch	96
	Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	C. O. Mardorf	95
Votes cast [a]				183,258

Results by county

County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Wendell Willkie Republican		Norman Thomas Socialist		Roger Babson Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast [b]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bernalillo	14,428	54.53%	11,999	45.35%	28	0.11%	6	0.02%	2,429	9.18%	26,461
Catron	1,039	52.26%	949	47.74%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	90	4.53%	1,988
Chaves	4,304	58.97%	2,981	40.84%	4	0.05%	10	0.14%	1,323	18.13%	7,299
Colfax	4,234	55.06%	3,452	44.89%	3	0.04%	1	0.01%	782	10.17%	7,690
Curry	4,670	73.90%	1,629	25.78%	12	0.19%	8	0.13%	3,041	48.12%	6,319
De Baca	970	66.94%	479	33.06%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	491	33.89%	1,449
Doña Ana	5,208	58.28%	3,720	41.63%	6	0.07%	2	0.02%	1,488	16.65%	8,936
Eddy	4,968	75.23%	1,625	24.61%	4	0.06%	7	0.11%	3,343	50.62%	6,604
Grant	3,914	66.00%	2,015	33.98%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	1,899	32.02%	5,930
Guadalupe	2,082	53.54%	1,807	46.46%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	275	7.07%	3,889
Harding	1,004	49.93%	998	49.63%	6	0.30%	3	0.15%	6	0.30%	2,011
Hidalgo	1,049	67.03%	516	32.97%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	533	34.06%	1,565
Lea	4,295	76.81%	1,286	23.00%	6	0.11%	5	0.09%	3,009	53.81%	5,592
Lincoln	1,763	49.38%	1,794	50.25%	3	0.08%	10	0.28%	-31	-0.87%	3,570
Luna	1,388	56.42%	1,066	43.33%	3	0.12%	3	0.12%	322	13.09%	2,460
McKinley	2,525	59.66%	1,701	40.19%	4	0.09%	2	0.05%	824	19.47%	4,232
Mora	1,960	44.54%	2,440	55.44%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	-480	-10.91%	4,401
Otero	1,788	52.76%	1,596	47.09%	2	0.06%	3	0.09%	192	5.67%	3,389
Quay	3,215	69.14%	1,413	30.39%	12	0.26%	10	0.22%	1,802	38.75%	4,650
Rio Arriba	4,952	53.55%	4,289	46.38%	3	0.03%	3	0.03%	663	7.17%	9,247
Roosevelt	3,190	69.50%	1,384	30.15%	9	0.20%	7	0.15%	1,806	39.35%	4,590
San Juan	1,445	45.06%	1,757	54.79%	4	0.12%	1	0.03%	-312	-9.73%	3,207
San Miguel	6,054	55.32%	4,882	44.61%	4	0.04%	3	0.03%	1,172	10.71%	10,943
Sandoval	2,060	50.85%	1,990	49.12%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	70	1.73%	4,051
Santa Fe	6,482	50.76%	6,285	49.22%	2	0.02%	1	0.01%	197	1.54%	12,770
Sierra	1,534	52.71%	1,372	47.15%	2	0.07%	2	0.07%	162	5.57%	2,910
Socorro	2,489	47.89%	2,703	52.01%	4	0.08%	1	0.02%	-214	-4.12%	5,197
Taos	3,463	50.85%	3,342	49.07%	3	0.04%	2	0.03%	121	1.78%	6,810
Torrance	1,921	43.28%	2,509	56.52%	5	0.11%	4	0.09%	-588	-13.25%	4,439
Union	1,987	50.96%	1,900	48.73%	7	0.18%	5	0.13%	87	2.23%	3,899
Valencia	3,318	49.08%	3,436	50.83%	5	0.07%	1	0.01%	-118	-1.75%	6,760
Total	103,699	56.59%	79,315	43.28%	144	0.08%	100	0.05%	24,384	13.31%	183,258

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Lincoln
• Mora
• San Juan
• Torrance
• Valencia

Notes

1. Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket
2. Based on the highest elector on each ticket

References

1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
2. New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book State Official Register 1941-1942. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
3. New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.