1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico

Last updated October 19, 2023

The 1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1948. All 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman,^[1] who took the Oval Office after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Running against Truman was Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was strongly predicted to win the contest.^[2] Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond took portions of the South, but was not even on the ballot in New Mexico and other Western states.

As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update], this is the last election in which Union County and Harding County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and the last until 2020 in which Valencia County voted for a losing candidate.^[3]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent) Alben W. Barkley	105,464	56.38%	+2.91
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren	80,303	42.93%	−3.51
	New	Henry A. Wallace Glen H. Taylor	1,037	0.55%	N/A
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson Dale H. Learn	127	0.07%	−0.03
	Socialist	Norman Thomas Tucker P. Smith	83	0.04%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert Stephen Emery	49	0.03%	N/A
Total votes			187,063	100.00%
	Democratic win

Results by county

County	Harry S. Truman ^[4] Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey ^[4] Republican		Henry Agard Wallace ^[5] New Party		Various candidates^[5] Other parties		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Lea	78.14%	4,708	21.13%	1,273	0.43%	26	0.30%	18	57.01%	3,435
Eddy	75.77%	7,593	23.00%	2,305	1.04%	104	0.19%	19	52.77%	5,288
Roosevelt	75.75%	3,087	23.46%	956	0.56%	23	0.22%	9	52.29%	2,131
Curry	72.52%	5,759	26.85%	2,132	0.54%	43	0.09%	7	45.67%	3,627
Hidalgo	69.16%	859	30.11%	374	0.40%	5	0.32%	4	39.05%	485
Quay	68.17%	3,063	30.98%	1,392	0.49%	22	0.36%	16	37.19%	1,671
Grant	62.72%	3,592	34.90%	1,999	2.27%	130	0.10%	6	27.82%	1,593
Otero	63.25%	2,361	36.27%	1,354	0.35%	13	0.13%	5	26.98%	1,007
Luna	63.04%	1,629	36.42%	941	0.35%	9	0.19%	5	26.63%	688
Colfax	59.74%	3,871	39.74%	2,575	0.39%	25	0.14%	9	20.00%	1,296
Doña Ana	59.54%	5,116	40.03%	3,440	0.37%	32	0.06%	5	19.50%	1,676
De Baca	59.24%	670	40.50%	458	0.18%	2	0.09%	1	18.74%	212
Chaves	59.15%	4,569	40.43%	3,123	0.27%	21	0.16%	12	18.72%	1,446
McKinley	58.17%	2,995	40.96%	2,109	0.72%	37	0.16%	8	17.21%	886
Union	55.81%	1,590	43.73%	1,246	0.25%	7	0.21%	6	12.07%	344
Catron	55.24%	648	44.42%	521	0.26%	3	0.09%	1	10.83%	127
Rio Arriba	52.56%	4,753	47.25%	4,273	0.18%	16	0.01%	1	5.31%	480
Sandoval	52.30%	1,851	47.33%	1,675	0.20%	7	0.17%	6	4.97%	176
Bernalillo	51.76%	18,305	47.13%	16,668	0.93%	328	0.18%	63	4.63%	1,637
Sierra	51.83%	1,389	47.54%	1,274	0.49%	13	0.15%	4	4.29%	115
San Miguel	51.44%	4,953	48.34%	4,655	0.19%	18	0.03%	3	3.09%	298
Taos	50.72%	2,977	48.59%	2,852	0.60%	35	0.10%	6	2.13%	125
Harding	49.96%	653	49.66%	649	0.23%	3	0.15%	2	0.31%	4
Torrance	49.71%	1,696	50.09%	1,709	0.12%	4	0.09%	3	-0.38%	-13
Guadalupe	49.76%	1,550	50.24%	1,565	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	-0.48%	-15
Lincoln	46.79%	1,406	52.41%	1,575	0.47%	14	0.33%	10	-5.62%	-169
Valencia	46.80%	2,914	52.67%	3,280	0.37%	23	0.16%	10	-5.88%	-366
Santa Fe	44.95%	6,172	54.56%	7,491	0.40%	55	0.09%	13	-9.61%	-1,319
Mora	44.84%	1,541	55.08%	1,893	0.09%	3	0.00%	0	-10.24%	-352
Socorro	43.44%	1,650	56.32%	2,139	0.21%	8	0.03%	1	-12.88%	-489
San Juan	38.94%	1,544	60.71%	2,407	0.20%	8	0.15%	6	-21.77%	-863

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References

↑ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
↑ "The Nation: Independence Day". Time. November 8, 1948. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
1 2 Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)

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[1] "1948 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 11, 2018.

[2] "The Nation: Independence Day". Time. November 8, 1948. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

[how-3] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Geoelections-4] 1 2 Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-5] 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)

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