1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico

1936 United States presidential election in New Mexico

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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

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]

  1. ^ The Political Graveyard: New Mexico counties: plurality winners, 1936
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Presidential Election of 1936". Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 10, 2016.

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