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1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico 
Summary
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.
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 County Results
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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 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |
|
106,037 | 62.69% | −0.03 | |
| Republican | 61,727 | 36.50% | +0.74 | ||
| Union | 924 | 0.55% | N/A | ||
| Socialist | 343 | 0.20% | −0.97 | ||
| Prohibition | 62 | 0.04% | N/A | ||
| Communist | 43 | 0.03% | −0.06 | ||
| Total votes | 169,176 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic win | |||||
Results by county edit
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt[4] Democratic |
Alfred Mossman Landon[4] Republican |
William Frederick Lemke[5] Union |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| 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 edit
- ^ 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)