Presidential elections in New Mexico
Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted
Number of elections28
Voted Democratic16
Voted Republican12
Voted other0
Voted for winning candidate25
Voted for losing candidate3

Since New Mexico's admission to the Union in January 1912,[1] it has participated in 28 United States presidential elections. In the 1912 presidential election, Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party's nominee, received the highest vote share (17.1%) ever won by a third party candidate in New Mexico.[2] In the 1932 presidential election, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won New Mexico, defeating Republican Herbert Hoover by 26.96%,[3] which remains the largest ever margin of victory in the state's history. In the 2000 presidential election, Democrat Al Gore won New Mexico, defeating Republican George W. Bush by a margin of just 0.06% (366 votes).[4]

Up to the 2016 presidential election, New Mexico has been a leading indicator of election trends with a success rate of 88.9%;[5] the winner in New Mexico has won the presidency 25 out of 28 times, except in the 1976, 2000, and 2016 presidential elections.[6] As the Electoral College winner lost the popular vote in both 2000 and 2016, New Mexico has aligned with the national popular vote in every election since 1980.

New Mexico is a signatory of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an interstate 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, it has not yet gone into force.[7]

Presidential elections

Key for parties
  American Independent Party – (AI)
  Communist Party USA – (CPUSA)
  Constitution Party – (C)
  Democratic Party – (D)
  Dixiecrat Party – (DI)
  Farmer–Labor Party – (FL)
  Green Party – (G)
  Independent candidate – (I)
  Libertarian Party – (LI)
  Prohibition Party – (PRO)
  Progressive Party (1912) – (PR-1912)
  Progressive Party (1924) – (PR-1924)
  Reform Party – (RE)
  Republican Party – (R)
  Socialist Party of America – (S)
  Socialist Labor Party of America – (SLP)
  Socialist Workers Party – (SWP)
  Union Party – (U)

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 %
1912
 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 20,437 41.87% William Howard Taft (R) 17,164 35.17% Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912) 8,347 17.10% 3
[2][8]
1916
 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 33,693 50.38% Charles Evans Hughes (R) 31,097 46.50% Allan L. Benson (S) 1,977 2.96% 3
[9][10]
1920
 Warren G. Harding (R) ‡ 57,634 54.67% James M. Cox (D) 46,668 44.27% Parley P. Christensen (FL) 1,104 1.05% 3
[11][12][13]
1924
 Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡ 54,745 48.52% John W. Davis (D) 48,542 43.02% Robert M. La Follette (PR-1924) 9,543 8.46% 3
[14][15][16]
1928
 Herbert Hoover (R)‡ 69,708 59.04% Al Smith (D) 48,211 40.83% William Z. Foster (CPUSA) 158 0.13% 3
[17][18][19]
1932
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 95,089 62.72% Herbert Hoover (R) 54,217 35.76% Norman Thomas (S) 1,776 1.17% 3
[3][20][21]
1936
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 106,037 62.69% Alf Landon (R) 61,727 36.50% William Lemke (U) 924 0.55% 3
[22][23][24]
1940
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 103,699 56.59% Wendell Willkie (R) 79,315 43.28% Norman Thomas (S) 144 0.08% 3
[25][26][27]
1944
 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 81,389 53.47% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 70,688 46.44% Claude A. Watson (PRO) 148 0.10% 4
[28][29][30]
1948
 Harry S. Truman (D) ‡ 105,464 56.38% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 80,303 42.93% Strom Thurmond (DI) 1,037 0.55% 4
[31][32][33]
1952
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 132,170 55.39% Adlai Stevenson (D) 105,661 44.28% Stuart Hamblen (PRO) 297 0.12% 4
[34][35][36]
1956
 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 146,788 57.81% Adlai Stevenson (D) 106,098 41.78% T. Coleman Andrews (C) 364 0.14% 4
[37][38][39]
1960
 John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ 156,027 50.15% Richard Nixon (R) 153,733 49.41% Eric Hass (SLP) 570 0.18% 4
[40][41][42]
1964
 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ 194,015 59.03% Barry Goldwater (R) 131,838 40.12% Eric Hass (SLP) 1,217 0.37% 4
[43][44][45]
1968
 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 169,692 51.84% Hubert Humphrey (D) 130,081 39.74% George Wallace (AI) 25,737 7.86% 4
[46][47][48]
1972
 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 235,606 61.00% George McGovern (D) 141,084 36.53% John G. Schmitz (AI) 8,767 2.27% 4
[49][50][51]
1976
 Gerald Ford (R) 211,419 50.53% Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ 201,148 48.07% Peter Camejo (SWP) 2,462 0.59% 4
[52][53][54]
1980
 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 250,779 54.88% Jimmy Carter (D) 167,826 36.73% John B. Anderson (I) 29,459 6.45% 4
[55][56][57]
1984
 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 307,101 59.70% Walter Mondale (D) 201,769 39.23% David Bergland (LI) 4,459 0.87% 5
[58][59][60]
1988
 George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ 270,341 51.86% Michael Dukakis (D) 244,497 46.90% Ron Paul (LI) 3,268 0.63% 5
[61][62][63]
1992
 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 261,617 45.90% George H. W. Bush (R) 212,824 37.34% Ross Perot (I) 91,895 16.12% 5
[64]
1996
 Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 273,495 49.18% Bob Dole (R) 232,751 41.86% Ross Perot (RE) 32,257 5.80% 5
[65]
2000
 Al Gore (D) 286,783 47.91% George W. Bush (R) ‡ 286,417 47.85% Ralph Nader (G) 21,251 3.55% 5
[66]
2004
 George W. Bush (R)‡ 376,930 49.84% John Kerry (D) 370,942 49.05% Ralph Nader (I) 4,053 0.54% 5
[67]
2008
 Barack Obama (D)‡ 472,422 56.91% John McCain (R) 346,832 41.78% Ralph Nader (I) 5,327 0.64% 5
[68]
2012
 Barack Obama (D)‡ 415,335 52.99% Mitt Romney (R) 335,788 42.84% Gary Johnson (LI) 27,788 3.55% 5
[69]
2016
 Hillary Clinton (D) 385,234 48.26% Donald Trump (R)‡ 319,667 40.04% Gary Johnson (LI) 74,541 9.34% 5
[70]
2020
 Joe Biden (D)‡ 501,614 54.29% Donald Trump (R) 401,894 43.50% Jo Jorgensen (LI) 12,585 1.36% 5
[71]

Graph

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 the Y-axis indicated Democratic Party's margin of victory; values below the origin point indicates Republican Party's margin of victory.

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in New Mexico.

References

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  2. ^ a b Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 777.
  3. ^ a b Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 782.
  4. ^ "Bush decides against recount in New Mexico". CNN. December 9, 2000. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  5. ^ McClelland, Edward (November 2, 2020). "Illinois Is Really Good at Picking Presidents". Chicago. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  6. ^ "New Mexico President Results". CNN. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  7. ^ "Status of National Popular Vote Bill in Each State". National Popular Vote Inc. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
  8. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 106.
  9. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 778.
  10. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 107.
  11. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 779.
  12. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 108.
  13. ^ Leip, David. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  14. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 780.
  15. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 109.
  16. ^ Leip, David. "1924 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on November 1, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  17. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 781.
  18. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 110.
  19. ^ Leip, David. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  20. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 111.
  21. ^ Leip, David. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  22. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 783.
  23. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 112.
  24. ^ Leip, David. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  25. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 784.
  26. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 113.
  27. ^ Leip, David. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  28. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 785.
  29. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 114.
  30. ^ Leip, David. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  31. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 786.
  32. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 115.
  33. ^ Leip, David. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  34. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 787.
  35. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 116.
  36. ^ Leip, David. "1952 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  37. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 788.
  38. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 117.
  39. ^ Leip, David. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  40. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 789.
  41. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 118.
  42. ^ Leip, David. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  43. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 790.
  44. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 119.
  45. ^ Leip, David. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  46. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 791.
  47. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 120.
  48. ^ Leip, David. "1968 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  49. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 792.
  50. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 121.
  51. ^ Leip, David. "1972 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  52. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 793.
  53. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 122.
  54. ^ Leip, David. "1976 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  55. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 794.
  56. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 123.
  57. ^ Leip, David. "1980 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  58. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 795.
  59. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 124.
  60. ^ Leip, David. "1984 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  61. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections 2010, p. 796.
  62. ^ Presidential elections 1997, p. 125.
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