1912 United States presidential election in New Mexico

The 1912 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 5, 1912, and all contemporary forty-eight states participated as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

This was the first presidential election in which New Mexico participated, having been admitted to the union as the 47th state on January 6, 1912. During the period between New Mexico's annexation by the United States and statehood, the area was divided between largely Republican machine-run highland regions and its firmly Southern Democrat and Baptist "Little Texas" region to the southeast.Chilton, Lance; New Mexico: A Guide to the Colorful State, p. 95 Running for reelection against the reformist policies of Wilson was William H. Taft, who secured the Republican nomination over Theodore Roosevelt. To counter not receiving the Republican nomination, Roosevelt then ran for president under his own Bull-Moose Party.

New Mexico is indicative of this critical split in the industrialist Republican Party, because Wilson was able to attain victory, both in the State and nationally, with about 40% of the vote, due to a split in the "Old Guard" of highland Republicanism.Hodgson, Illa D. and Garthwaite, Eloyse M.; 'New Mexico's Early Elections: Statehood to New Deal'; New Mexico Historical Review, January 1, 1995; vol. 70, issue 1, pp. 29-46 New Mexico was won by New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson, in what was perhaps the most politically diverse election in United States history. Nonetheless, New Mexico was still Taft's fourth-strongest state by vote percentage after Utah, New Hampshire and Vermont, reflecting the strong Hispanic machine loyalties to him in the northern highlands.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 42 The Socialist Party of America had its best year on record under Socialist Party star Eugene V. Debs, who garnered almost six percent of the electorate in New Mexico, and nationally. Debs ran ahead of Taft in Curry, Eddy and Roosevelt counties.

Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson E. C. de Baca20,437 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson S. D. Stennis Jr.20,108 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson J. H. Latham19,997 Republican Party William Howard Taft Eufracio Gallegos17,733 Republican Party William Howard Taft Matt Fowler17,258 Republican Party William Howard Taft Levi A. Hughes17,134 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt George W. Armijo8,347 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Dora F. Thomas7,787 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Elmer E. Studley7,764 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Walter Cook2,859 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs W. T. Holmes2,859 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs LeRoy Welch2,856Votes cast 49,375

Results by county County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Theodore RooseveltProgressive "Bull Moose" Eugene V. DebsSocialist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Bernalillo1,19931.85%1,00226.61%1,39437.03%1704.52%-195-5.18%3,765Chaves1,33952.53%46518.24%39815.61%34713.61%87434.29%2,549Colfax1,18241.34%1,03636.24%56419.73%772.69%1465.11%2,859Curry63452.66%12310.22%25321.01%19416.11%38131.64%1,204Doña Ana89543.36%91244.19%24111.68%160.78%-17-0.82%2,064Eddy93657.85%1458.96%37122.93%16610.26%56534.92%1,618Grant1,13053.33%43920.72%41619.63%1346.32%69132.61%2,119Guadalupe76145.79%65139.17%1549.27%965.78%1106.62%1,662Lincoln46140.91%45240.11%1099.67%1059.32%90.80%1,127Luna46156.29%819.89%19423.69%8310.13%26732.60%819McKinley22430.60%26436.07%23732.38%70.96%-27-3.69%732Mora1,00242.97%1,02243.83%26411.32%441.89%-20-0.86%2,332Otero42041.75%22021.87%20119.98%16516.40%20019.88%1,006Quay88447.07%35118.69%35819.06%28515.18%52628.01%1,878Rio Arriba1,00437.76%1,54958.25%1013.80%50.19%-545-20.50%2,659Roosevelt59949.34%1078.81%29921.33%24920.51%34028.01%1,214San Juan49346.25%20319.04%22921.48%14113.23%26424.77%1,066San Miguel1,74039.07%2,47955.67%2074.65%270.61%-739-16.60%4,453Sandoval12613.70%21122.93%58363.37%00.00%-372-40.44%920Santa Fe1,01234.92%1,43249.41%39013.46%642.21%-420-14.49%2,898Sierra35256.32%17628.16%8613.76%111.76%17628.16%625Socorro1,07846.33%96041.25%26911.56%200.86%1185.07%2,327Taos76539.89%85544.58%27714.44%211.09%-90-4.69%1,918Torrance39029.66%52039.54%23217.64%17413.23%-130-9.89%1,315Union1,11942.86%81531.21%44917.20%2288.73%30411.64%2,611Valencia23114.13%1,26377.25%1116.79%301.83%-1,032-63.12%1,635Total 20,43741.39%17,73335.91%8,34716.91%2,8595.79%2,7045.48%49,375

See also United States presidential elections in New Mexico

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