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1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico

← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 81,389 70,688
Percentage 53.47% 46.44%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1944. All forty-eight contemporary States were part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President. A larger relative population in New Mexico increased the number of presidential electors from the state to four, from three in the previous election cycle.

New Mexico was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt,[1] against Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was making his first bid for the presidency.

Results

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General Election Results[2]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt C. V. Harris 81,389
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt D. E. Rodriguez 81,338
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. C. F. Montgomery 81,054
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. Leopoldo Gonzales 80,958
Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Manuel Otero 70,688
Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Oliver M. Lee 70,559
Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey William B. Dunnam 70,178
Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Mrs. G. A. Feather 70,012
Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Mrs. F. E. Wilson 148
Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson S. P. Crouch 147
Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Sarah D. Ulmer 143
Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Q. B. Stanfield 141
Votes cast[a] 152,225

Results by county

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County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 12,229 51.16% 11,662 48.79% 13 0.05% 567 2.37% 23,904
Catron 589 45.69% 699 54.23% 1 0.08% -110 -8.53% 1,289
Chaves 3,350 51.41% 3,149 48.33% 17 0.26% 201 3.08% 6,516
Colfax 3,017 53.07% 2,661 46.81% 7 0.12% 356 6.26% 3,685
Curry 3,271 58.32% 2,326 41.47% 12 0.21% 945 16.85% 5,609
De Baca 660 54.28% 554 45.56% 2 0.16% 106 8.72% 1,216
Doña Ana 4,172 56.94% 3,149 42.98% 6 0.08% 1,023 13.96% 7,327
Eddy 5,228 71.35% 2,083 28.43% 16 0.22% 3,145 42.92% 7,327
Grant 3,472 63.75% 1,970 36.17% 4 0.07% 1,502 27.58% 5,446
Guadalupe 1,539 48.27% 1,649 51.73% 0 0.00% -110 -3.45% 3,188
Harding 647 44.10% 820 55.90% 0 0.00% -173 -11.79% 1,467
Hidalgo 807 68.74% 367 31.26% 0 0.00% 440 37.48% 1,174
Lea 2,938 70.49% 1,227 29.44% 3 0.07% 1,711 41.05% 4,168
Lincoln 1,342 47.91% 1,455 51.95% 4 0.14% -113 -4.03% 2,801
Luna 1,383 56.24% 1,074 43.68% 2 0.08% 309 12.57% 2,459
McKinley 2,210 58.78% 1,547 41.14% 3 0.08% 663 17.63% 3,760
Mora 1,425 44.41% 1,783 55.56% 1 0.03% -358 -11.16% 3,209
Otero 1,892 56.28% 1,467 43.63% 3 0.09% 425 12.64% 3,362
Quay 2,272 60.88% 1,449 38.83% 11 0.29% 823 22.05% 3,732
Rio Arriba 3,792 51.75% 3,532 48.21% 3 0.04% 260 3.55% 7,327
Roosevelt 2,359 59.44% 1,610 40.56% 0 0.00% 749 18.87% 3,969
San Juan 1,093 43.03% 1,438 56.61% 9 0.35% -345 -13.58% 2,540
San Miguel 4,684 53.83% 4,014 46.13% 4 0.05% 670 7.70% 8,702
Sandoval 1,354 48.44% 1,439 51.48% 2 0.07% -85 -3.04% 2,795
Santa Fe 4,915 47.27% 5,482 52.73% 0 0.00% -567 -5.45% 10,397
Sierra 1,008 47.37% 1,112 52.26% 8 0.38% -104 -4.89% 2,128
Socorro 1,967 49.18% 2,030 50.75% 3 0.08% -63 -1.57% 4,000
Taos 2,525 49.67% 2,557 50.30% 2 0.04% -32 -0.63% 5,084
Torrance 1,438 41.61% 2,014 58.28% 4 0.12% -576 -16.67% 3,456
Union 1,350 45.62% 1,604 54.21% 5 0.17% -254 -8.58% 2,959
Valencia 2,461 47.06% 2,765 52.88% 3 0.06% -304 -5.81% 5,229
Total 81,389 53.47% 70,688 46.44% 148 0.10% 10,701 7.03% 152,225

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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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. ^ "1944 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. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.