United States presidential elections in New Mexico
Presidential elections in New Mexico Number of elections 28 Voted Democratic 16 Voted Republican 12 Voted other 0 Voted for winning candidate 25 Voted for losing candidate 3
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. In the 1932 presidential election , Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won New Mexico, defeating Republican Herbert Hoover by 26.96%, 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,[update] it has not yet gone into force .[ 7]
Presidential elections
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
41.87%
William Howard Taft (R)
17,164
35.17%
Theodore Roosevelt (PR-1912)
8,347
17.10%
3
Woodrow Wilson (D) ‡
33,693
50.38%
Charles Evans Hughes (R)
31,097
46.50%
Allan L. Benson (S)
1,977
2.96%
3
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
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
Herbert Hoover (R) ‡
69,708
59.04%
Al Smith (D)
48,211
40.83%
William Z. Foster (CPUSA)
158
0.13%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
95,089
62.72%
Herbert Hoover (R)
54,217
35.76%
Norman Thomas (S)
1,776
1.17%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
106,037
62.69%
Alf Landon (R)
61,727
36.50%
William Lemke (U)
924
0.55%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
103,699
56.59%
Wendell Willkie (R)
79,315
43.28%
Norman Thomas (S)
144
0.08%
3
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) ‡
81,389
53.47%
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
70,688
46.44%
Claude A. Watson (PRO)
148
0.10%
4
Harry S. Truman (D) ‡
105,464
56.38%
Thomas E. Dewey (R)
80,303
42.93%
Strom Thurmond (DI)
1,037
0.55%
4
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
132,170
55.39%
Adlai Stevenson (D)
105,661
44.28%
Stuart Hamblen (PRO)
297
0.12%
4
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡
146,788
57.81%
Adlai Stevenson (D)
106,098
41.78%
T. Coleman Andrews (C)
364
0.14%
4
John F. Kennedy (D) ‡
156,027
50.15%
Richard Nixon (R)
153,733
49.41%
Eric Hass (SLP)
570
0.18%
4
Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡
194,015
59.03%
Barry Goldwater (R)
131,838
40.12%
Eric Hass (SLP)
1,217
0.37%
4
Richard Nixon (R) ‡
169,692
51.84%
Hubert Humphrey (D)
130,081
39.74%
George Wallace (AI)
25,737
7.86%
4
Richard Nixon (R) ‡
235,606
61.00%
George McGovern (D)
141,084
36.53%
John G. Schmitz (AI)
8,767
2.27%
4
Gerald Ford (R)
211,419
50.53%
Jimmy Carter (D) ‡
201,148
48.07%
Peter Camejo (SWP)
2,462
0.59%
4
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
250,779
54.88%
Jimmy Carter (D)
167,826
36.73%
John B. Anderson (I)
29,459
6.45%
4
Ronald Reagan (R) ‡
307,101
59.70%
Walter Mondale (D)
201,769
39.23%
David Bergland (LI)
4,459
0.87%
5
George H. W. Bush (R) ‡
270,341
51.86%
Michael Dukakis (D)
244,497
46.90%
Ron Paul (LI)
3,268
0.63%
5
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
261,617
45.90%
George H. W. Bush (R)
212,824
37.34%
Ross Perot (I)
91,895
16.12%
5
Bill Clinton (D) ‡
273,495
49.18%
Bob Dole (R)
232,751
41.86%
Ross Perot (RE)
32,257
5.80%
5
Al Gore (D)
286,783
47.91%
George W. Bush (R) ‡
286,417
47.85%
Ralph Nader (G)
21,251
3.55%
5
George W. Bush (R) ‡
376,930
49.84%
John Kerry (D)
370,942
49.05%
Ralph Nader (I)
4,053
0.54%
5
Barack Obama (D) ‡
472,422
56.91%
John McCain (R)
346,832
41.78%
Ralph Nader (I)
5,327
0.64%
5
Barack Obama (D) ‡
415,335
52.99%
Mitt Romney (R)
335,788
42.84%
Gary Johnson (LI)
27,788
3.55%
5
Hillary Clinton (D)
385,234
48.26%
Donald Trump (R) ‡
319,667
40.04%
Gary Johnson (LI)
74,541
9.34%
5
Joe Biden (D) ‡
501,614
54.29%
Donald Trump (R)
401,894
43.50%
Jo Jorgensen (LI)
12,585
1.36%
5
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.
See also
Notes
^ For purposes of these lists, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in New Mexico.
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