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.The Political Graveyard; New Mexico counties: plurality winners, 1936 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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
Union Party candidate William Lemke won 924 votes, 0.5 percent of the state's total.
Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Clyde Woolworth106,037 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Amelia Velarde105,848 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt V. V. Tafoya105,650 Republican Party Alfred M. Landon W. C. Porterfield61,727 Republican Party Alfred M. Landon Jose C. Rivera61,717 Republican Party Alfred M. Landon Mrs. Ed A. Cahoon61,688 Union Party William Lemke A. W. Cameron924 Union Party William Lemke Paul Eminger916 Union Party William Lemke J. D. Page910 Socialist Party Norman Thomas C. C. Blackburn343 Socialist Party Norman Thomas John Williams340 Socialist Party Norman Thomas H. S. Duncan335 Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin H. D. Wright62 Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin C. O. Mardorf60 Prohibition Party D. Leigh Colvin S. P. Crouch59 Communist Party Earl Browder I. Pacheco43 Communist Party Earl Browder L. B. Good38 Communist Party Earl Browder D. Hernandez36Votes cast 169,135
Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Alf LandonRepublican William LemkeUnion Norman ThomasSocialist D. Leigh ColvinProhibition Earl BrowderCommunist Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Bernalillo15,30567.78%7,10731.47%1060.47%490.22%90.04%60.03%8,19836.30%22,582Catron1,45664.08%79835.12%90.40%60.26%00.00%30.13%65828.96%2,272Chaves4,39462.62%2,50535.70%841.20%190.27%130.19%20.03%1,88926.92%7,017Colfax4,66162.56%2,74536.84%320.43%100.13%20.03%10.01%19,1625.71%7,451Curry4,68980.89%1,02317.65%370.64%390.67%10.02%80.14%3,66663.24%5,797De Baca1,01069.18%44430.41%10.07%50.34%00.00%00.00%56638.77%1,460Doña Ana5,54468.43%2,49430.78%410.51%170.21%40.05%20.02%3,05037.65%8,102Eddy4,34980.17%1,02718.93%290.53%180.33%10.02%10.02%3,32261.24%5,425Grant3,21567.88%1,46931.02%380.80%100.21%30.06%10.02%1,74636.87%4,736Guadalupe2,18755.14%1,77544.76%30.08%10.03%00.00%00.00%41210.39%3,966Harding1,27658.83%88840.94%00.00%50.23%10.05%00.00%38817.89%2,169Hidalgo1,11576.42%32622.34%130.89%50.34%00.00%00.00%78954.08%1,459Lea3,90586.95%54912.22%180.40%140.31%20.04%30.07%3,35674.73%4,491Lincoln2,02155.51%1,57943.37%300.82%100.27%10.03%00.00%44212.14%3,641Luna1,50063.37%80634.05%522.20%60.25%10.04%20.08%69429.32%2,367McKinley2,52664.05%1,40435.60%50.13%50.13%10.03%30.08%1,12228.45%3,944Mora2,46052.06%2,25947.81%40.08%20.04%00.00%00.00%2014.25%4,725Otero1,98959.28%1,33339.73%230.69%80.24%20.06%00.00%65619.55%3,355Quay3,42379.79%81619.02%380.89%100.23%20.05%10.02%2,60760.77%4,290Rio Arriba4,69153.29%4,09346.50%110.12%50.06%00.00%20.02%5986.79%8,802Roosevelt2,95176.55%67717.56%1935.01%240.62%80.21%20.05%2,27458.99%3,855San Juan1,53051.97%1,34545.69%481.63%140.48%50.17%20.07%1856.28%2,944San Miguel6,19956.84%4,69743.07%50.05%50.05%00.00%00.00%1,50213.77%10,906Sandoval2,09453.72%1,80046.18%20.05%20.05%00.00%00.00%2947.54%3,898Santa Fe6,14555.20%4,96044.56%120.11%120.11%10.01%20.02%1,18510.64%11,132Sierra1,58761.94%95137.12%160.62%30.12%50.20%00.00%63624.82%2,562Socorro2,47749.31%2,53050.37%70.14%90.18%00.00%00.00%-53-1.06%5,023Taos3,05151.03%2,91848.80%70.12%30.05%00.00%00.00%1332.22%5,979Torrance2,34655.50%1,84343.60%270.64%90.21%00.00%20.05%50311.90%4,227Union2,60561.05%1,62538.08%290.68%80.19%00.00%00.00%98022.97%4,267Valencia3,33653.03%2,94146.75%40.06%100.16%00.00%00.00%3956.28%6,291Total 106,03762.69%61,72736.50%9240.55%3430.20%620.04%430.03%44,31026.20%169,135
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic San Miguel Valencia
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Socorro
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