1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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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[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
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103,699 | 56.59% | −6.10 | |
| Republican | 79,315 | 43.28% | +6.78 | ||
| Socialist | 144 | 0.08% | −0.12 | ||
| Prohibition |
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100 | 0.05% | +0.01 | |
| Total votes | 183,258 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic win | |||||
Results by county[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ a b Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 306 ISBN 0405077114
