1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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.

1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico

November 5, 1940
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Indiana
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 103,699 79,315
Percentage 56.6% 43.3%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

New Mexico was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 13-point landslide against 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

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic New York 103,699 56.59% 3 Henry A. Wallace Iowa 3
Wendell Willkie Republican New York 79,315 43.28% 0 Charles McNary Oregon 0
Norman Thomas Socialist New York 144 0.08% 0 Maynard C. Krueger Illinois 0
Roger Babson Prohibition Massachusetts 100 0.05% 0 Edgar Moorman Illinois 0
Total 183,258 100% 3 3
Needed to win 266 266

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt[2]
Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie[2]
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin
% # % # % # % #
Lea 76.81% 4,295 23.00% 1,286 0.20% 11 53.81% 3,009
Eddy 75.34% 4,968 24.64% 1,625 0.02% 1 50.70% 3,343
Curry 73.90% 4,670 25.78% 1,629 0.32% 20 48.12% 3,041
Roosevelt 69.50% 3,190 30.15% 1,384 0.35% 16 39.35% 1,806
Quay 69.14% 3,215 30.39% 1,413 0.47% 22 38.75% 1,802
Hidalgo 67.03% 1,049 32.97% 516 0.00% 0 34.06% 533
De Baca 66.58% 970 32.88% 479 0.55% 8 33.70% 491
Grant 66.01% 3,914 33.99% 2,015 0.00% 0 32.03% 1,899
McKinley 59.66% 2,525 40.19% 1,701 0.14% 6 19.47% 824
Chaves 58.97% 4,304 40.84% 2,981 0.19% 14 18.13% 1,323
Doña Ana 58.26% 5,208 41.62% 3,720 0.12% 11 16.65% 1,488
Luna 56.42% 1,388 43.33% 1,066 0.24% 6 13.09% 322
San Miguel 55.32% 6,054 44.61% 4,882 0.06% 7 10.71% 1,172
Colfax 55.05% 4,234 44.90% 3,453 0.05% 4 10.15% 781
Bernalillo 54.53% 14,428 45.35% 11,999 0.13% 34 9.18% 2,429
Rio Arriba 53.55% 4,952 46.38% 4,289 0.06% 6 7.17% 663
Guadalupe 53.41% 2,082 46.36% 1,807 0.23% 9 7.05% 275
Otero 52.76% 1,788 47.09% 1,596 0.15% 5 5.67% 192
Sierra 52.71% 1,534 47.15% 1,372 0.14% 4 5.57% 162
Catron 52.26% 1,039 47.74% 949 0.00% 0 4.53% 90
Union 50.96% 1,987 48.73% 1,900 0.31% 12 2.23% 87
Taos 50.85% 3,463 49.07% 3,342 0.07% 5 1.78% 121
Sandoval 50.85% 2,060 49.12% 1,990 0.02% 1 1.73% 70
Santa Fe 50.76% 6,482 49.22% 6,285 0.02% 3 1.54% 197
Harding 50.15% 1,004 49.85% 998 0.00% 0 0.30% 6
Lincoln 49.38% 1,763 50.25% 1,794 0.36% 13 -0.87% -31
Valencia 49.08% 3,318 50.83% 3,436 0.09% 6 -1.75% -118
Socorro 47.89% 2,489 52.01% 2,703 0.10% 5 -4.12% -214
San Juan 45.06% 1,445 54.79% 1,757 0.16% 5 -9.73% -312
Mora 44.54% 1,960 55.44% 2,440 0.02% 1 -10.91% -480
Torrance 43.28% 1,921 56.52% 2,509 0.20% 9 -13.25% -588

References

  1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 306 ISBN 0405077114
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