1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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.

1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico

November 7, 1944

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 53.5% 46.4%

County Results Roosevelt   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Dewey   50-60%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

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

Electoral results

Presidential candidate	Party	Home state	Popular vote		Electoral vote	Running mate
			Count	Percentage		Vice-presidential candidate	Home state	Electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democratic	New York	81,389	53.47%	4	Harry S. Truman	Missouri	4
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	New York	70,688	46.44%	0	John W. Bricker	Ohio	0
Claude A. Watson	Prohibition	California	148	0.10%	0	Andrew N. Johnson	Kentucky	0
Total			152,225	100%	4			4
Needed to win					266			266

Results by county

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

References

1. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 307 ISBN 0405077114