1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico explained

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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

+ General Election Results[2] [3]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Henry H. Kramer	103,699
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Mrs. Howard B. Owens	103,211
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Procopio Torres	102,910
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	J. Tom Danie	79,315
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	Manuel Otero	79,302
	Republican Party	Wendell Willkie	Mrs. C. Mason	79,022
bgcolor=		Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	R. B. Cochran	144
bgcolor=		Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	J. E. Ledbetter	143
bgcolor=		Socialist Party	Norman Thomas	R. L. Vining	142
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	M. W. Sides	100
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	S. P. Crouch	96
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Roger Babson	C. O. Mardorf	95
Votes cast				183,258

Results by county

County	Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic		Wendell Willkie Republican		Norman Thomas Socialist		Roger Babson Prohibition		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Bernalillo		14,428		54.53%		11,999		45.35%		28		0.11%		6		0.02%		2,429		9.18%		26,461
	Catron		1,039		52.26%		949		47.74%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		90		4.53%		1,988
	Chaves		4,304		58.97%		2,981		40.84%		4		0.05%		10		0.14%		1,323		18.13%		7,299
	Colfax		4,234		55.06%		3,452		44.89%		3		0.04%		1		0.01%		782		10.17%		7,690
	Curry		4,670		73.90%		1,629		25.78%		12		0.19%		8		0.13%		3,041		48.12%		6,319
	De Baca		970		66.94%		479		33.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		491		33.89%		1,449
	Doña Ana		5,208		58.28%		3,720		41.63%		6		0.07%		2		0.02%		1,488		16.65%		8,936
	Eddy		4,968		75.23%		1,625		24.61%		4		0.06%		7		0.11%		3,343		50.62%		6,604
	Grant		3,914		66.00%		2,015		33.98%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,899		32.02%		5,930
	Guadalupe		2,082		53.54%		1,807		46.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		275		7.07%		3,889
	Harding		1,004		49.93%		998		49.63%		6		0.30%		3		0.15%		6		0.30%		2,011
	Hidalgo		1,049		67.03%		516		32.97%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		533		34.06%		1,565
	Lea		4,295		76.81%		1,286		23.00%		6		0.11%		5		0.09%		3,009		53.81%		5,592
	Lincoln		1,763		49.38%		1,794		50.25%		3		0.08%		10		0.28%		-31		-0.87%		3,570
	Luna		1,388		56.42%		1,066		43.33%		3		0.12%		3		0.12%		322		13.09%		2,460
	McKinley		2,525		59.66%		1,701		40.19%		4		0.09%		2		0.05%		824		19.47%		4,232
	Mora		1,960		44.54%		2,440		55.44%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		-480		-10.91%		4,401
	Otero		1,788		52.76%		1,596		47.09%		2		0.06%		3		0.09%		192		5.67%		3,389
	Quay		3,215		69.14%		1,413		30.39%		12		0.26%		10		0.22%		1,802		38.75%		4,650
	Rio Arriba		4,952		53.55%		4,289		46.38%		3		0.03%		3		0.03%		663		7.17%		9,247
	Roosevelt		3,190		69.50%		1,384		30.15%		9		0.20%		7		0.15%		1,806		39.35%		4,590
	San Juan		1,445		45.06%		1,757		54.79%		4		0.12%		1		0.03%		-312		-9.73%		3,207
	San Miguel		6,054		55.32%		4,882		44.61%		4		0.04%		3		0.03%		1,172		10.71%		10,943
	Sandoval		2,060		50.85%		1,990		49.12%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		70		1.73%		4,051
	Santa Fe		6,482		50.76%		6,285		49.22%		2		0.02%		1		0.01%		197		1.54%		12,770
	Sierra		1,534		52.71%		1,372		47.15%		2		0.07%		2		0.07%		162		5.57%		2,910
	Socorro		2,489		47.89%		2,703		52.01%		4		0.08%		1		0.02%		-214		-4.12%		5,197
	Taos		3,463		50.85%		3,342		49.07%		3		0.04%		2		0.03%		121		1.78%		6,810
	Torrance		1,921		43.28%		2,509		56.52%		5		0.11%		4		0.09%		-588		-13.25%		4,439
	Union		1,987		50.96%		1,900		48.73%		7		0.18%		5		0.13%		87		2.23%		3,899
	Valencia		3,318		49.08%		3,436		50.83%		5		0.07%		1		0.01%		-118		-1.75%		6,760
Total	103,699	56.59%	79,315	43.28%	144	0.08%	100	0.05%	24,384	13.31%	183,258

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Lincoln
• Mora
• San Juan
• Torrance
• Valencia

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico . Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-02-14.
2. Book: New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book State Official Register 1941-1942. Santa Fe, New Mexico .
3. Book: New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico .