The 1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1948. All 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four 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 Harry S. Truman,[1] who took the Oval Office after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Running against Truman was Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was strongly predicted to win the contest.[2] Dixiecrat candidate Strom Thurmond took portions of the South, but was not even on the ballot in New Mexico and other Western states.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Union County and Harding County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and the last until 2020 in which Valencia County voted for a losing candidate.[3]
Results
edit| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | Luis C. De Baca | 105,464 | |
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | Max I. Meadors | 105,240 | |
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | Mrs. W. F. Coe | 105,107 | |
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | Mrs. Juan N. Vigil | 105,031 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | John J. Emmons | 80,303 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Filemon T. Martinez | 79,860 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Jerome O. Eddy | 79,760 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Mrs. Seth Alston | 79,659 | |
| New Party | Henry A. Wallace | Prospero Jaramillo | 1,037 | |
| New Party | Henry A. Wallace | Fred Calkins | 983 | |
| New Party | Henry A. Wallace | Mildred Smothermon | 978 | |
| New Party | Henry A. Wallace | John C. Waite | 956 | |
| Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Q. B. Stanfield | 127 | |
| Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | S. P. Crouch | 124 | |
| Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Sadie E. Evans | 122 | |
| Prohibition Party | Claude A. Watson | Sarah D. Ulmer | 122 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Richard Barrett | 83 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Lee Wright | 80 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Inez Bushner | 77 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Cora Amos Walker | 77 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Edward A. Teichert | Clifford Oles | 49 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Edward A. Teichert | Eleanor Berkman | 35 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Edward A. Teichert | Jack I. Berkman | 35 | |
| Socialist Labor Party | Edward A. Teichert | James William Peach | 35 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 187,063 | |||
Results by county
edit| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace New |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast[b] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bernalillo | 18,305 | 51.76% | 16,668 | 47.13% | 328 | 0.93% | 17 | 0.05% | 31 | 0.09% | 15 | 0.04% | 1,637 | 4.63% | 35,364 |
| Catron | 648 | 55.24% | 521 | 44.42% | 3 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 10.83% | 1,173 |
| Chaves | 4,569 | 59.15% | 3,123 | 40.43% | 21 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,446 | 18.72% | 7,725 |
| Colfax | 3,871 | 59.74% | 2,575 | 39.74% | 25 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,296 | 20.00% | 6,480 |
| Curry | 5,759 | 72.52% | 2,132 | 26.85% | 43 | 0.54% | 5 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,627 | 45.67% | 7,941 |
| De Baca | 670 | 59.24% | 458 | 40.50% | 2 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 18.74% | 1,131 |
| Doña Ana | 5,116 | 59.54% | 3,440 | 40.03% | 32 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,676 | 19.50% | 8,593 |
| Eddy | 7,593 | 75.77% | 2,305 | 23.00% | 104 | 1.04% | 8 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.06% | 5,288 | 52.77% | 10,021 |
| Grant | 3,592 | 62.72% | 1,999 | 34.90% | 130 | 2.27% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,593 | 27.82% | 5,727 |
| Guadalupe | 1,550 | 49.76% | 1,565 | 50.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -15 | -0.48% | 3,115 |
| Harding | 653 | 49.96% | 649 | 49.66% | 3 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.31% | 1,307 |
| Hidalgo | 859 | 69.16% | 374 | 30.11% | 5 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 485 | 39.05% | 1,242 |
| Lea | 4,708 | 78.14% | 1,273 | 21.13% | 26 | 0.43% | 16 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,435 | 57.01% | 6,025 |
| Lincoln | 1,406 | 46.79% | 1,575 | 52.41% | 14 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | -169 | -5.62% | 3,005 |
| Luna | 1,629 | 63.04% | 941 | 36.42% | 9 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 688 | 26.63% | 2,584 |
| McKinley | 2,995 | 58.17% | 2,109 | 40.96% | 37 | 0.72% | 6 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 886 | 17.21% | 5,149 |
| Mora | 1,541 | 44.84% | 1,893 | 55.08% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -352 | -10.24% | 3,437 |
| Otero | 2,361 | 63.25% | 1,354 | 36.27% | 13 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,007 | 26.98% | 3,733 |
| Quay | 3,063 | 68.17% | 1,392 | 30.98% | 22 | 0.49% | 13 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,671 | 37.19% | 4,493 |
| Rio Arriba | 4,753 | 52.56% | 4,273 | 47.25% | 16 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 480 | 5.31% | 9,043 |
| Roosevelt | 3,087 | 75.75% | 956 | 23.46% | 23 | 0.56% | 8 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,131 | 52.29% | 4,075 |
| San Juan | 1,544 | 38.94% | 2,407 | 60.71% | 8 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -863 | -21.77% | 3,965 |
| San Miguel | 4,953 | 51.44% | 4,655 | 48.34% | 18 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 298 | 3.09% | 9,629 |
| Sandoval | 1,851 | 52.30% | 1,675 | 47.33% | 7 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.03% | 176 | 4.97% | 3,539 |
| Santa Fe | 6,172 | 44.95% | 7,491 | 54.56% | 55 | 0.40% | 2 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,319 | -9.61% | 13,731 |
| Sierra | 1,389 | 51.83% | 1,274 | 47.54% | 13 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.07% | 115 | 4.29% | 2,680 |
| Socorro | 1,650 | 43.44% | 2,139 | 56.32% | 8 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.03% | -489 | -12.88% | 3,798 |
| Taos | 2,977 | 50.72% | 2,852 | 48.59% | 35 | 0.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 125 | 2.13% | 5,870 |
| Torrance | 1,696 | 49.71% | 1,709 | 50.09% | 4 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -13 | -0.38% | 3,412 |
| Union | 1,590 | 55.81% | 1,246 | 43.73% | 7 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 344 | 12.07% | 2,849 |
| Valencia | 2,914 | 46.80% | 3,280 | 52.67% | 23 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.03% | -366 | -5.88% | 6,227 |
| Total | 105,464 | 56.38% | 80,303 | 42.93% | 1,037 | 0.55% | 127 | 0.07% | 83 | 0.04% | 49 | 0.03% | 25,161 | 13.45% | 187,063 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "The Nation: Independence Day". Time. November 8, 1948. Archived from the original on July 3, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held November 2, 1948
- ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. Official Returns of the 1948 Elections. Santa Fe, New Mexico. pp. 6–8.
- ^ New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.