1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John N. Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 106,037 61,727
Percentage 62.69% 36.50%
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The 1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1936. All contemporary forty-eight states were part of the 1936 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 incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a 26-point landslide against Kansas Governor Alf Landon. Roosevelt won every county in the state save Socorro County, which he lost by only 53 votes.[1] Roosevelt was the first Democrat to ever carry San Miguel County and Valencia County, although this was the only occasion between statehood (in 1911) and 1960 that Valencia County backed a Democrat. This election is the last time a Democrat has carried Lincoln County and San Juan County has only backed a Democrat once (in 1964) since this election.[2]

Union Party candidate William Lemke won 924 votes, 0.5 percent of the state’s total.[3]

Results

General Election Results[4][5]
Party Pledged to Elector Votes
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Clyde Woolworth 106,037
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Amelia Velarde 105,848
Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt V. V. Tafoya 105,650
Republican Party Alfred M. Landon W. C. Porterfield 61,727
Republican Party Alfred M. Landon Jose C. Rivera 61,717
Republican Party Alfred M. Landon Mrs. Ed A. Cahoon 61,688
Union Party William Lemke A. W. Cameron 924
Union Party William Lemke Paul Eminger 916
Union Party William Lemke J. D. Page 910
Socialist Party Norman Thomas C. C. Blackburn 343
Socialist Party Norman Thomas John Williams 340
Socialist Party Norman Thomas H. S. Duncan 335
Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin H. D. Wright 62
Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin C. O. Mardorf 60
Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin S. P. Crouch 59
Communist Party Earl Browder I. Pacheco 43
Communist Party Earl Browder L. B. Good 38
Communist Party Earl Browder D. Hernandez 36
Votes cast[a] 169,135

Results by county

County Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred M. Landon
Republican 		William Lemke
Union 		Norman Thomas
Socialist 		D. Leigh Colvin
Prohibition 		Earl Browder
Communist 		Margin Total votes cast[b]
# % # % # % # % # % # % # %
Bernalillo 15,305 67.78% 7,107 31.47% 106 0.47% 49 0.22% 9 0.04% 6 0.03% 8,198 36.30% 22,582
Catron 1,456 64.08% 798 35.12% 9 0.40% 6 0.26% 0 0.00% 3 0.13% 658 28.96% 2,272
Chaves 4,394 62.62% 2,505 35.70% 84 1.20% 19 0.27% 13 0.19% 2 0.03% 1,889 26.92% 7,017
Colfax 4,661 62.56% 2,745 36.84% 32 0.43% 10 0.13% 2 0.03% 1 0.01% 19,16 25.71% 7,451
Curry 4,689 80.89% 1,023 17.65% 37 0.64% 39 0.67% 1 0.02% 8 0.14% 3,666 63.24% 5,797
De Baca 1,010 69.18% 444 30.41% 1 0.07% 5 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 566 38.77% 1,460
Doña Ana 5,544 68.43% 2,494 30.78% 41 0.51% 17 0.21% 4 0.05% 2 0.02% 3,050 37.65% 8,102
Eddy 4,349 80.17% 1,027 18.93% 29 0.53% 18 0.33% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 3,322 61.24% 5,425
Grant 3,215 67.88% 1,469 31.02% 38 0.80% 10 0.21% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 1,746 36.87% 4,736
Guadalupe 2,187 55.14% 1,775 44.76% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 412 10.39% 3,966
Harding 1,276 58.83% 888 40.94% 0 0.00% 5 0.23% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% 388 17.89% 2,169
Hidalgo 1,115 76.42% 326 22.34% 13 0.89% 5 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 789 54.08% 1,459
Lea 3,905 86.95% 549 12.22% 18 0.40% 14 0.31% 2 0.04% 3 0.07% 3,356 74.73% 4,491
Lincoln 2,021 55.51% 1,579 43.37% 30 0.82% 10 0.27% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 442 12.14% 3,641
Luna 1,500 63.37% 806 34.05% 52 2.20% 6 0.25% 1 0.04% 2 0.08% 694 29.32% 2,367
McKinley 2,526 64.05% 1,404 35.60% 5 0.13% 5 0.13% 1 0.03% 3 0.08% 1,122 28.45% 3,944
Mora 2,460 52.06% 2,259 47.81% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 201 4.25% 4,725
Otero 1,989 59.28% 1,333 39.73% 23 0.69% 8 0.24% 2 0.06% 0 0.00% 656 19.55% 3,355
Quay 3,423 79.79% 816 19.02% 38 0.89% 10 0.23% 2 0.05% 1 0.02% 2,607 60.77% 4,290
Rio Arriba 4,691 53.29% 4,093 46.50% 11 0.12% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% 2 0.02% 598 6.79% 8,802
Roosevelt 2,951 76.55% 677 17.56% 193 5.01% 24 0.62% 8 0.21% 2 0.05% 2,274 58.99% 3,855
San Juan 1,530 51.97% 1,345 45.69% 48 1.63% 14 0.48% 5 0.17% 2 0.07% 185 6.28% 2,944
San Miguel 6,199 56.84% 4,697 43.07% 5 0.05% 5 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,502 13.77% 10,906
Sandoval 2,094 53.72% 1,800 46.18% 2 0.05% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 294 7.54% 3,898
Santa Fe 6,145 55.20% 4,960 44.56% 12 0.11% 12 0.11% 1 0.01% 2 0.02% 1,185 10.64% 11,132
Sierra 1,587 61.94% 951 37.12% 16 0.62% 3 0.12% 5 0.20% 0 0.00% 636 24.82% 2,562
Socorro 2,477 49.31% 2,530 50.37% 7 0.14% 9 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -53 -1.06% 5,023
Taos 3,051 51.03% 2,918 48.80% 7 0.12% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 133 2.22% 5,979
Torrance 2,346 55.50% 1,843 43.60% 27 0.64% 9 0.21% 0 0.00% 2 0.05% 503 11.90% 4,227
Union 2,605 61.05% 1,625 38.08% 29 0.68% 8 0.19% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 980 22.97% 4,267
Valencia 3,336 53.03% 2,941 46.75% 4 0.06% 10 0.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 395 6.28% 6,291
Total 106,037 62.69% 61,727 36.50% 924 0.55% 343 0.20% 62 0.04% 43 0.03% 44,310 26.20% 169,135

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ The Political Graveyard; New Mexico counties: plurality winners, 1936
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Presidential Election of 1936". Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  4. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. The New Mexico Blue Book State Official Register 1937-1938. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  5. ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.