1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico The 1944 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 7, 1944. All forty-eight contemporary States were part of the United States presidential election. New Mexico voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President. A larger relative population in New Mexico increased the number of presidential electors from the state to four, from three in the previous election cycle. New Mexico was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, against Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who was
Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt nomination. He easily won the presidential nomination of the 1944 Democratic National Convention, making him the first person to serve as a major party nominee in four separate presidential elections. Roosevelt favored Henry Wallace or James Byrnes as his running mate in 1944, but Wallace was unpopular among conservatives in the party, while Byrnes was opposed by liberals and many Catholics. At the behest of party leaders, Roosevelt accepted Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, who was acceptable to all factions of the party. Truman was best known for his battle against corruption and inefficiency in wartime spending as the head