1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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November 3, 1936

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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%

County Results

Roosevelt

50-60%

60-70%

70-80%

80-90%

Landon

50-60%

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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:^[1] this is the last time a Democrat has ever carried Lincoln County.^[2]

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

Results

1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) John Nance Garner (incumbent)	106,037	62.69%	−0.03
	Republican	Alf Landon Frank Knox	61,727	36.50%	+0.74
	Union	William Lemke Thomas C. O'Brien	924	0.55%	N/A
	Socialist	Norman Thomas George A. Nelson	343	0.20%	−0.97
	Prohibition	D. Leigh Colvin Claude A. Watson	62	0.04%	N/A
	Communist	Earl Browder James W. Ford	43	0.03%	−0.06
Total votes			169,176	100.00%
	Democratic win

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt^[4] Democratic		Alfred Mossman Landon^[4] Republican		William Frederick Lemke^[5] Union		Various candidates Other parties		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Lea	86.95%	3,905	12.22%	549	0.40%	18	0.42%	19	74.73%	3,356
Curry	80.89%	4,689	17.65%	1,023	0.64%	37	0.83%	48	63.24%	3,666
Eddy	80.17%	4,349	18.93%	1,027	0.53%	29	0.37%	20	61.24%	3,322
Quay	79.79%	3,423	19.02%	816	0.89%	38	0.30%	13	60.77%	2,607
Roosevelt	76.55%	2,951	17.56%	677	5.01%	193	0.88%	34	58.99%	2,274
Hidalgo	76.42%	1,115	22.34%	326	0.89%	13	0.34%	5	54.08%	789
De Baca	69.18%	1,010	30.41%	444	0.07%	1	0.34%	5	38.77%	566
Doña Ana	68.43%	5,544	30.78%	2,494	0.51%	41	0.28%	23	37.65%	3,050
Grant	67.88%	3,215	31.02%	1,469	0.80%	38	0.30%	14	36.86%	1,746
Bernalillo	67.78%	15,305	31.47%	7,107	0.47%	106	0.28%	64	36.31%	8,198
Luna	63.37%	1,500	34.05%	806	2.20%	52	0.38%	9	29.32%	694
Catron	64.08%	1,456	35.12%	798	0.40%	9	0.40%	9	28.96%	658
McKinley	64.05%	2,526	35.60%	1,404	0.13%	5	0.23%	9	28.45%	1,122
Chaves	62.62%	4,394	35.70%	2,505	1.20%	84	0.48%	34	26.92%	1,889
Colfax	62.56%	4,661	36.84%	2,745	0.43%	32	0.17%	13	25.72%	1,916
Sierra	61.94%	1,587	37.12%	951	0.62%	16	0.31%	8	24.82%	636
Union	61.05%	2,605	38.08%	1,625	0.68%	29	0.19%	8	22.97%	980
Otero	59.28%	1,989	39.73%	1,333	0.69%	23	0.30%	10	19.55%	656
Harding	58.83%	1,276	40.94%	888	0.00%	0	0.23%	5	17.89%	388
San Miguel	56.84%	6,199	43.07%	4,697	0.05%	5	0.05%	5	13.77%	1,502
Lincoln	55.51%	2,021	43.37%	1,579	0.82%	30	0.30%	11	12.14%	442
Torrance	55.50%	2,346	43.60%	1,843	0.64%	27	0.26%	11	11.90%	503
Santa Fe	55.20%	6,145	44.56%	4,960	0.11%	12	0.13%	15	10.64%	1,185
Guadalupe	55.14%	2,187	44.76%	1,775	0.08%	3	0.03%	1	10.38%	412
Sandoval	53.72%	2,094	46.18%	1,800	0.05%	2	0.05%	2	7.54%	294
Rio Arriba	53.29%	4,691	46.50%	4,093	0.12%	11	0.08%	7	6.79%	598
San Juan	51.97%	1,530	45.69%	1,345	1.63%	48	0.71%	21	6.28%	185
Valencia	53.03%	3,336	46.75%	2,941	0.06%	4	0.16%	10	6.28%	395
Mora	52.06%	2,460	47.81%	2,259	0.08%	4	0.04%	2	4.25%	201
Taos	51.03%	3,051	48.80%	2,918	0.12%	7	0.05%	3	2.23%	133
Socorro	49.31%	2,477	50.37%	2,530	0.14%	7	0.18%	9	-1.06%	-53

References

^ The Political Graveyard: New Mexico counties: plurality winners, 1936
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ "Presidential Election of 1936". Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 307 ISBN 0405077114
^ Géoelections; 1936 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15 on request)

v t e State and district results of the 1936 United States presidential election
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