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      Home/Elections/1940/President/New Mexico
      1940·President·New Mexico

      New Mexico Presidential Election

      Franklin Delano Roosevelt56.6%vs.Wendell Willkie43.3%|
      D+13.3
      |183,257 votes
      3 candidates183,257 total votes
      CandidatePartyVotes ▼%Vote Share
      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM✓
      		DEM103,69956.6%
      Wendell WillkieREP
      		REP79,31543.3%
      OtherOTH
      		OTH2430.1%

      Seat History

      President in New Mexico

      2024
      Kamala D HarrisDEM
      D+6.0
      2020
      Joe BidenDEM
      D+10.8
      2016
      Hillary Rodham ClintonDEM
      D+8.2
      2012
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+10.2
      2008
      Barack ObamaDEM
      D+15.1
      2004
      George W. BushREP
      R+0.8
      2000
      Al GoreDEM
      D+0.1
      1996
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+7.3
      1992
      Bill ClintonDEM
      D+8.6
      1988
      George H.W. BushREP
      R+5.0
      1984
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+20.5
      1980
      Ronald ReaganREP
      R+18.2
      1976
      Gerald FordREP
      R+2.5
      1972
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+24.5
      1968
      Richard M. NixonREP
      R+12.1
      View all President history for New Mexico →

      Candidates

      Franklin Delano RooseveltDEM
      Record163W-31L
      Avg MarginD+23.0
      Career1928-1944
      President / Governor
      Full profile →
      Wendell WillkieREP
      Record11W-37L
      Avg MarginD+19.0
      Career1940-1940
      President
      Full profile →

      Also in New Mexico, 1940

      US Senate1 contest →Governor1 contest →
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