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1944 United States presidential election
1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1940 1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1948 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 4 81,389 53.47% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 70,688 46.44% 1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 265px County results
Roosevelt
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Dewey
#e27f90 50–60% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States)
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,https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1944&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1944 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-14 against Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was making his first bid for the presidency.
Results
+ General Election ResultsNew Mexico Secretary of State New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969 Santa Fe, New Mexico Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt C. V. Harris81,389 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt D. E. Rodriguez81,338 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. C. F. Montgomery81,054 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. Leopoldo Gonzales80,958 Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Manuel Otero70,688 Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Oliver M. Lee70,559 Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey William B. Dunnam70,178 Republican Party Thomas E. Dewey Mrs. G. A. Feather70,012 Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Mrs. F. E. Wilson148 Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson S. P. Crouch147 Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Sarah D. Ulmer143 Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson Q. B. Stanfield141Votes castBased on totals for highest elector on each ticket 152,225
Results by county
County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Claude A. WatsonProhibition Margin Total votes castBased on the highest elector on each ticket # % # % # % # %Bernalillo12,22951.16%11,66248.79%130.05%5672.37%23,904Catron58945.69%69954.23%10.08%-110-8.53%1,289Chaves3,35051.41%3,14948.33%170.26%2013.08%6,516Colfax3,01753.07%2,66146.81%70.12%3566.26%3,685Curry3,27158.32%2,32641.47%120.21%94516.85%5,609De Baca66054.28%55445.56%20.16%1068.72%1,216Doña Ana4,17256.94%3,14942.98%60.08%1,02313.96%7,327Eddy5,22871.35%2,08328.43%160.22%3,14542.92%7,327Grant3,47263.75%1,97036.17%40.07%1,50227.58%5,446Guadalupe1,53948.27%1,64951.73%00.00%-110-3.45%3,188Harding64744.10%82055.90%00.00%-173-11.79%1,467Hidalgo80768.74%36731.26%00.00%44037.48%1,174Lea2,93870.49%1,22729.44%30.07%1,71141.05%4,168Lincoln1,34247.91%1,45551.95%40.14%-113-4.03%2,801Luna1,38356.24%1,07443.68%20.08%30912.57%2,459McKinley2,21058.78%1,54741.14%30.08%66317.63%3,760Mora1,42544.41%1,78355.56%10.03%-358-11.16%3,209Otero1,89256.28%1,46743.63%30.09%42512.64%3,362Quay2,27260.88%1,44938.83%110.29%82322.05%3,732Rio Arriba3,79251.75%3,53248.21%30.04%2603.55%7,327Roosevelt2,35959.44%1,61040.56%00.00%74918.87%3,969San Juan1,09343.03%1,43856.61%90.35%-345-13.58%2,540San Miguel4,68453.83%4,01446.13%40.05%6707.70%8,702Sandoval1,35448.44%1,43951.48%20.07%-85-3.04%2,795Santa Fe4,91547.27%5,48252.73%00.00%-567-5.45%10,397Sierra1,00847.37%1,11252.26%80.38%-104-4.89%2,128Socorro1,96749.18%2,03050.75%30.08%-63-1.57%4,000Taos2,52549.67%2,55750.30%20.04%-32-0.63%5,084Torrance1,43841.61%2,01458.28%40.12%-576-16.67%3,456Union1,35045.62%1,60454.21%50.17%-254-8.58%2,959Valencia2,46147.06%2,76552.88%30.06%-304-5.81%5,229Total 81,38953.47%70,68846.44%1480.10%10,7017.03%152,225
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Catron
Guadalupe
Harding
Sandoval
Santa Fe
Sierra
Taos
Union
Notes
References
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