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1932 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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1932 United States presidential election in New Mexico

← 1928 November 8, 1932 1936 →
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Herbert Hoover
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York California
Running mate John N. Garner Charles Curtis
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 95,089 54,217
Percentage 62.72% 35.76%

County Results

President before election

Herbert Hoover
Republican

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1932 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 8, 1932. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1932 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 27-point landslide against incumbent president Herbert Hoover, who failed to gain reelection.[1] He won every county save Valencia and San Miguel. As of 2020, this remains the best presidential performance in New Mexico history.

Roosevelt was the first Democrat to ever win Doña Ana County, Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, Taos County, and Torrance County. Roosevelt failed to flip San Miguel County and Valencia County (the latter being by far the most Republican county in the state at the time), though his share of the vote in each county was the highest ever achieved by a Democrat to that point. Roosevelt would ultimately flip both counties in the following election.

Results

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General Election Results[2][3]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Carl A. Hatch 95,089
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Enrique Trujillo 94,220
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. J. L. La Driere 94,188
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Mrs. Luis E. Armijo 54,217
Republican Party Herbert Hoover George E. Breece 54,146
Republican Party Herbert Hoover Mrs. E. A. Cahoon 53,964
Socialist Party Norman Thomas J. H. Johnson 1,776
Socialist Party Norman Thomas Bert McNutt 1,771
Socialist Party Norman Thomas R. L. Darr 1,766
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey Mrs. P. M. Reed 389
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey A. M. Smoak 386
Liberty Party William Hope Harvey J. S. Reynolds 378
Communist Party William Z. Foster H. Whitlock 135
Communist Party William Z. Foster Joe Hutchinson 133
Communist Party William Z. Foster J. W. Blackburn 132
Votes cast[a] 151,606

Results by county

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County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Herbert Hoover
Republican
Norman Thomas
Socialist
William Hope Harvey
Liberty
William Z. Foster
Communist
Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 10,722 58.77% 7,309 40.06% 181 0.99% 6 0.03% 25 0.14% 3,413 18.71% 18,243
Catron 972 60.45% 610 37.94% 20 1.24% 1 0.06% 5 0.31% 362 22.51% 1,608
Chaves 4,257 67.34% 1,830 28.95% 51 0.81% 159 2.52% 25 0.40% 2,427 38.39% 6,322
Colfax 4,282 56.74% 3,214 42.59% 47 0.62% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,068 14.15% 7,547
Curry 3,738 73.60% 932 18.35% 401 7.90% 1 0.02% 7 0.14% 2,806 55.25% 5,079
De Baca 1,023 78.39% 264 20.23% 13 1.00% 2 0.15% 3 0.23% 759 58.16% 1,305
Doña Ana 5,133 67.58% 2,354 30.99% 104 1.37% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,779 36.59% 7,595
Eddy 3,565 79.95% 818 18.34% 69 1.55% 6 0.13% 1 0.02% 2,747 61.61% 4,459
Grant 3,344 69.74% 1,381 28.80% 45 0.94% 0 0.00% 25 0.52% 1,963 40.94% 4,795
Guadalupe 1,909 53.90% 1,621 45.77% 12 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 288 8.13% 3,542
Harding 1,478 64.46% 779 33.97% 36 1.57% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 699 30.48% 2,293
Hidalgo 1,131 77.47% 299 20.48% 28 1.92% 2 0.14% 0 0.00% 832 56.99% 1,460
Lea 2,371 86.03% 271 9.83% 87 3.16% 27 0.98% 0 0.00% 2,100 76.20% 2,756
Lincoln 2,225 65.10% 1,172 34.29% 15 0.44% 5 0.15% 1 0.03% 1,053 30.81% 3,418
Luna 1,605 70.21% 641 28.04% 36 1.57% 0 0.00% 4 0.17% 964 42.17% 2,286
McKinley 2,096 60.07% 1,373 39.35% 14 0.40% 0 0.00% 6 0.17% 723 20.72% 3,489
Mora 2,962 67.21% 1,444 32.77% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 1,518 34.45% 4,407
Otero 2,091 66.87% 969 30.99% 67 2.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,122 35.88% 3,127
Quay 3,058 75.01% 852 20.90% 164 4.02% 1 0.02% 2 0.05% 2,206 54.11% 4,077
Rio Arriba 5,337 64.86% 2,880 35.00% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% 7 0.09% 2,457 29.86% 8,229
Roosevelt 2,826 83.02% 475 13.95% 93 2.73% 5 0.15% 5 0.15% 2,351 69.07% 3,404
San Juan 1,506 57.15% 925 35.10% 50 1.90% 150 5.69% 4 0.15% 581 22.05% 2,635
San Miguel 5,076 48.53% 5,364 51.28% 14 0.13% 0 0.00% 6 0.06% -288 -2.75% 10,460
Sandoval 1,808 53.52% 1,562 46.24% 7 0.21% 0 0.00% 1 0.03% 246 7.28% 3,378
Santa Fe 5,739 61.12% 3,625 38.60% 26 0.28% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,114 22.51% 9,390
Sierra 1,515 68.55% 667 30.18% 27 1.22% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 848 38.37% 2,210
Socorro 2,495 56.22% 1,931 43.51% 11 0.25% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 564 12.71% 4,438
Taos 3,277 57.26% 2,416 42.22% 29 0.51% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% 861 15.04% 5,723
Torrance 2,202 54.09% 1,803 44.29% 63 1.55% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 399 9.80% 4,071
Union 3,117 71.61% 1,173 26.95% 50 1.15% 11 0.25% 2 0.05% 1,944 44.66% 4,353
Valencia 2,229 40.48% 3,263 59.25% 11 0.20% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -1,034 -18.78% 5,507
Total 95,089 62.72% 54,217 35.76% 1,776 1.17% 389 0.26% 135 0.09% 40,872 26.96% 151,606

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "1932 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 1933-1934. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Santa Fe New Mexican Publishing Corp.
  3. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.