Presidential elections in New Mexico Number of elections 29 Voted Democratic 17 Voted Republican 12 Voted other 0 Voted for winning candidate 25 Voted for losing candidate 4
SinceNew Mexico 'sadmission to the Union in January 1912,[ 1] United States presidential elections .
In the state'sfirst presidential election , in 1912,Theodore Roosevelt , theProgressive Party 's nominee, received the highest vote share (17.1%) ever won by athird-party candidate in New Mexico.[ 2] 1932 , whenDemocrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeatedRepublican Herbert Hoover by 26.96%.[ 3] 2000 presidential election , when DemocratAl Gore won New Mexico defeated RepublicanGeorge W. Bush by a margin of just 0.06% (366 votes).[ 4]
Up to the2024 presidential election , New Mexico has been aleading indicator of election trends with a success rate of 86.2%;[ 5] 1976 , 2000, 2016, 2024 presidential elections.[ 6]
New Mexico is a signatory of theNational Popular Vote Interstate Compact , aninterstate compact in which signatories award all of their electoral votes to the winner of the national-level popular vote in a presidential election, even if another candidate won an individual signatory's popular vote. As of 2021,[update] gone into force .[ 7]
Presidential elections [ edit ] Key for parties Note – A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner.
Presidential elections in New Mexico from 1912 to present Year Winner Runner-up Other candidate[ a] EV Ref. Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 20,437 William Howard Taft (R) 17,164 Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) 8,347 3 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 33,693 Charles Evans Hughes (R) 31,097 Allan L. Benson (S) 1,977 3 Warren G. Harding (R) ‡ 57,634 James M. Cox (D) 46,668 Parley P. Christensen (FL) 1,104 3 Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡ 54,745 John W. Davis (D) 48,542 Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) 9,543 3 Herbert Hoover (R)‡ 69,708 Al Smith (D) 48,211 William Z. Foster (CPUSA) 158 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 95,089 Herbert Hoover (R) 54,217 Norman Thomas (S) 1,776 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 106,037 Alf Landon (R) 61,727 William Lemke (U) 924 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 103,699 Wendell Willkie (R) 79,315 Norman Thomas (S) 144 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 81,389 Thomas E. Dewey (R) 70,688 Claude A. Watson (PRO) 148 4 Harry S. Truman (D) ‡ 105,464 Thomas E. Dewey (R) 80,303 Strom Thurmond (DI) 1,037 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 132,170 Adlai Stevenson (D) 105,661 Stuart Hamblen (PRO) 297 4 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 146,788 Adlai Stevenson (D) 106,098 T. Coleman Andrews (C) 364 4 John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ 156,027 Richard Nixon (R) 153,733 Eric Hass (SLP) 570 4 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ 194,015 Barry Goldwater (R) 131,838 Eric Hass (SLP) 1,217 4 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 169,692 Hubert Humphrey (D) 130,081 George Wallace (AI) 25,737 4 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 235,606 George McGovern (D) 141,084 John G. Schmitz (AI) 8,767 4 Gerald Ford (R) 211,419 Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ 201,148 Peter Camejo (SWP) 2,462 4 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 250,779 Jimmy Carter (D) 167,826 John B. Anderson (I) 29,459 4 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 307,101 Walter Mondale (D) 201,769 David Bergland (LI) 4,459 5 George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ 270,341 Michael Dukakis (D) 244,497 Ron Paul (LI) 3,268 5 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 261,617 George H. W. Bush (R) 212,824 Ross Perot (I) 91,895 5 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 273,495 Bob Dole (R) 232,751 Ross Perot (RE) 32,257 5 Al Gore (D) 286,783 George W. Bush (R) ‡ 286,417 Ralph Nader (G) 21,251 5 George W. Bush (R)‡ 376,930 John Kerry (D) 370,942 Ralph Nader (I) 4,053 5 Barack Obama (D)‡ 472,422 John McCain (R) 346,832 Ralph Nader (I) 5,327 5 Barack Obama (D)‡ 415,335 Mitt Romney (R) 335,788 Gary Johnson (LI) 27,788 5 Hillary Clinton (D) 385,234 Donald Trump (R)‡ 319,667 Gary Johnson (LI) 74,541 5 Joe Biden (D)‡ 501,614 Donald Trump (R) 401,894 Jo Jorgensen (LI) 12,585 5 Kamala Harris (D) 478,802 Donald Trump (R)‡ 423,391 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) 9,553 5
The following graph shows the margin of victory of the Democratic and Republican Parties in the 28 presidential elections New Mexico participated. Value above the origin point on theY-axis indicated Democratic Party's margin of victory; values below the origin point indicates Republican Party's margin of victory.
Party percentage vote margin (D+, R−) Year -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 Party percentage vote margin (D+, R−) Results of the United States presidential el...
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