2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico
The 2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all fifty states and the District of Columbia participated. New Mexico voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
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On June 7, 2016, New Mexico voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while voters who are unaffiliated were unable to vote.
Hillary Clinton won the state of New Mexico with a plurality, by a margin of 8.2 percentage points, carrying the state's five electoral votes. The state had long been considered leaning Democratic, or a state Hillary Clinton would win, due to its large population of Hispanic/Latino and Native American voters. This is the third time since 1912, when New Mexico attained statehood, that the state voted for a candidate who did not win the electoral college. New Mexico voted for the electoral college runner-up in 1976 and 2000, however in this election and in 2000 New Mexico voted for the candidate who received the most votes. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson achieved 9% in his home state, his best performance of any state in the 2016 election and the Libertarian Party's best performance in any single state since Ed Clark received 11.66% of the vote in Alaska in 1980.[1] Johnson's result was the best result for a third party or independent candidate in New Mexico since Ross Perot in 1992.
Primary elections
Democratic primary
Four candidates appeared on the Democratic Party (United States) presidential primary ballot:
New Mexico Democratic primary, June 7, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
Hillary Clinton | 111,334 | 51.53% | 18 | 9 | 27 |
Bernie Sanders | 104,741 | 48.47% | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Uncommitted | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 216,075 | 100% | 34 | 9 | 43 |
Source: The Green Papers, New Mexico State Board of Elections, New Mexico Democratic Delegates Allocation |
Republican primary
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
- Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
- Ben Carson (withdrawn)
- Chris Christie (withdrawn)
- Ted Cruz (withdrawn)
- Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)
- Jim Gilmore (withdrawn)
- Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)
- John Kasich (withdrawn)
- Rand Paul (withdrawn)
- Marco Rubio (withdrawn)
- Rick Santorum (withdrawn)
- Donald Trump
Donald Trump, the only candidate with an active campaign, won every delegate from New Mexico.
New Mexico Republican primary, June 7, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 73,908 | 70.64% | 24 | 0 | 24 |
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) | 13,925 | 13.31% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kasich (withdrawn) | 7,925 | 7.57% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 3,830 | 3.66% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 3,531 | 3.37% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,508 | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 104,627 | 100.00% | 24 | 0 | 24 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Polling
Albuquerque Journal October 2, 2016[2]
- Clinton 35%
- Trump 31%
- Johnson 24%
- Stein 2%
Albuquerque Journal November 5, 2016[3]
- Clinton 45%
- Trump 40%
- Johnson 11%
- Stein 3%
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine | 385,234 | 48.26% | |
Republican | Donald Trump and Mike Pence | 319,667 | 40.04% | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson and William Weld | 74,541 | 9.34% | |
Green | Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka | 9,879 | 1.24% | |
Independent | Evan McMullin and Nathan Johnson | 5,825 | 0.73% | |
Constitution | Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley | 1,514 | 0.19% | |
Socialism and Liberation | Gloria La Riva and Dennis Banks | 1,184 | 0.14% | |
Independent | Rocky De La Fuente and Michael Steinberg | 475 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 798,319 | 100.00% |
Results by county
Official results from New Mexico Secretary of States.[5]
County | Candidate | Total | ||||||||
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Clinton | Trump | Johnson | Stein | McMullin | Castle | La Riva | De La Fuente | |||
Bernalillo | percent | 52.22% | 34.48% | 10.81% | 1.32% | 0.79% | 0.17% | 0.16% | 0.05% | 100.00% |
votes | 143,417 | 94,698 | 29,682 | 3,614 | 2,181 | 474 | 445 | 151 | 274,662 | |
Catron | percent | 20.84% | 71.45% | 5.42% | 1.12% | 0.54% | 0.59% | 0.00% | 0.05% | 100.00% |
votes | 427 | 1,464 | 111 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2,049 | |
Chaves | percent | 27.30% | 63.50% | 7.94% | 0.42% | 0.50% | 0.16% | 0.11% | 0.07% | 100.00% |
votes | 5,534 | 12,872 | 1,609 | 86 | 102 | 32 | 22 | 14 | 20,271 | |
Cibola | percent | 46.40% | 39.63% | 12.03% | 0.91% | 0.53% | 0.20% | 0.25% | 0.06% | 100.00% |
votes | 3,741 | 3,195 | 970 | 73 | 43 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 8,063 | |
Colfax | percent | 39.93% | 48.48% | 9.88% | 0.69% | 0.58% | 0.23% | 0.09% | 0.11% | 100.00% |
votes | 2,129 | 2,585 | 527 | 37 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5,332 | |
Curry | percent | 23.34% | 67.58% | 7.28% | 0.55% | 0.84% | 0.29% | 0.07% | 0.04% | 100.00% |
votes | 3,121 | 9,035 | 973 | 74 | 112 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 13,370 | |
De Baca | percent | 21.21% | 68.13% | 9.78% | 0.66% | 0.22% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% |
votes | 193 | 620 | 89 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 910 | |
Dona Ana | percent | 53.71% | 35.92% | 7.74% | 1.35% | 0.80% | 0.22% | 0.16% | 0.09% | 100.00% |
votes | 37,947 | 25,374 | 5,471 | 953 | 566 | 157 | 115 | 65 | 70,648 | |
Eddy | percent | 25.59% | 66.85% | 6.48% | 0.43% | 0.42% | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.03% | 100.00% |
votes | 5,033 | 13,147 | 1,275 | 84 | 83 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 19,667 | |
Grant | percent | 48.99% | 41.28% | 7.02% | 1.70% | 0.62% | 0.20% | 0.15% | 0.05% | 100.00% |
votes | 6,276 | 5,288 | 899 | 218 | 80 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 12,811 | |
Guadalupe | percent | 53.09% | 32.57% | 13.03% | 0.99% | 0.27% | 0.05% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% |
votes | 970 | 595 | 238 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1,827 | |
Harding | percent | 29.60% | 59.01% | 10.44% | 0.57% | 0.00% | 0.38% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% |
votes | 156 | 311 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 527 | |
Hidalgo | percent | 41.88% | 48.61% | 7.32% | 0.32% | 1.44% | 0.11% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 100.00% |
votes | 784 | 910 | 137 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1,872 | |
Lea | percent | 22.19% | 70.55% | 6.20% | 0.32% | 0.45% | 0.15% | 0.10% | 0.06% | 100.00% |
votes | 3,930 | 12,495 | 1,098 | 56 | 80 | 26 | 17 | 10 | 17,712 | |
Lincoln | percent | 26.19% | 66.23% | 6.29% | 0.66% | 0.40% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 0.02% | 100.00% |
votes | 2,331 | 5,896 | 560 | 59 | 36 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8,902 | |
Los Alamos | percent | 51.10% | 30.86% | 13.89% | 1.10% | 2.67% | 0.27% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 100.00% |
votes | 5,562 | 3,359 | 1,512 | 120 | 291 | 29 | 7 | 5 | 10,885 | |
Luna | percent | 43.80% | 47.68% | 6.59% | 0.90% | 0.69% | 0.18% | 0.07% | 0.10% | 100.00% |
votes | 3,195 | 3,478 | 481 | 66 | 50 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7,295 | |
McKinley | percent | 62.55% | 23.52% | 11.11% | 1.31% | 0.80% | 0.27% | 0.35% | 0.09% | 100.00% |
votes | 13,576 | 5,104 | 2,412 | 284 | 173 | 58 | 76 | 20 | 21,703 | |
Mora | percent | 62.93% | 27.24% | 7.95% | 1.43% | 0.20% | 0.16% | 0.04% | 0.04% | 100.00% |
votes | 1,536 | 665 | 194 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2,441 | |
Otero | percent | 30.53% | 59.26% | 8.04% | 0.84% | 0.81% | 0.33% | 0.11% | 0.07% | 100.00% |
votes | 6,124 | 11,886 | 1,613 | 169 | 162 | 67 | 23 | 15 | 20,059 | |
Quay | percent | 28.47% | 61.93% | 8.37% | 0.42% | 0.48% | 0.22% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 100.00% |
votes | 1,017 | 2,212 | 299 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3,572 | |
Rio Arriba | percent | 64.47% | 24.19% | 9.58% | 1.26% | 0.19% | 0.11% | 0.11% | 0.09% | 100.00% |
votes | 9,592 | 3,599 | 1,425 | 188 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 14,878 | |
Roosevelt | percent | 24.44% | 65.28% | 8.10% | 0.81% | 0.97% | 0.18% | 0.13% | 0.08% | 100.00% |
votes | 1,454 | 3,884 | 482 | 48 | 58 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5,950 | |
San Juan | percent | 27.90% | 60.61% | 9.11% | 0.76% | 1.09% | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.05% | 100.00% |
votes | 12,865 | 27,946 | 4,200 | 352 | 503 | 125 | 97 | 22 | 46,110 | |
San Miguel | percent | 67.76% | 21.51% | 8.51% | 1.49% | 0.33% | 0.23% | 0.09% | 0.07% | 100.00% |
votes | 7,285 | 2,313 | 915 | 160 | 35 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 10,751 | |
Sandoval | percent | 44.91% | 41.99% | 10.79% | 1.02% | 0.90% | 0.21% | 0.12% | 0.06% | 100.00% |
votes | 27,707 | 25,905 | 6,657 | 627 | 553 | 129 | 76 | 36 | 61,690 | |
Santa Fe | percent | 71.10% | 20.06% | 6.11% | 2.03% | 0.41% | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.04% | 100.00% |
votes | 50,793 | 14,332 | 4,362 | 1,452 | 295 | 75 | 95 | 30 | 71,434 | |
Sierra | percent | 31.11% | 58.10% | 8.53% | 1.51% | 0.39% | 0.23% | 0.12% | 0.02% | 100.00% |
votes | 1,612 | 3,010 | 442 | 78 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5,181 | |
Socorro | percent | 48.24% | 38.09% | 11.68% | 0.87% | 0.57% | 0.22% | 0.29% | 0.04% | 100.00% |
votes | 3,313 | 2,616 | 802 | 60 | 39 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 6,868 | |
Taos | percent | 69.91% | 17.87% | 7.73% | 4.04% | 0.20% | 0.04% | 0.18% | 0.03% | 100.00% |
votes | 10,668 | 2,727 | 1,179 | 617 | 31 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 15,260 | |
Torrance | percent | 28.23% | 58.73% | 10.94% | 1.04% | 0.57% | 0.25% | 0.14% | 0.09% | 100.00% |
votes | 1,785 | 3,714 | 692 | 66 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 6,324 | |
Union | percent | 18.80% | 71.45% | 7.87% | 0.76% | 0.53% | 0.41% | 0.06% | 0.12% | 100.00% |
votes | 320 | 1,216 | 134 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1,702 | |
Valencia | percent | 39.29% | 47.89% | 11.04% | 0.79% | 0.58% | 0.23% | 0.10% | 0.07% | 100.00% |
votes | 10,841 | 13,215 | 3,046 | 219 | 161 | 63 | 28 | 19 | 27,592 | |
Total | percent | 48.26% | 40.04% | 9.34% | 1.24% | 0.73% | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.06% | 100.00% |
votes | 385,234 | 319,666 | 74,541 | 9,879 | 5,825 | 1,514 | 1,184 | 475 | 798,318 |
By congressional district
Clinton won 2 of 3 congressional districts.[6]
District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
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1st | 35% | 52% | Michelle Lujan Grisham |
2nd | 50% | 40% | Steve Pearce |
3rd | 37% | 52% | Ben Ray Luján |
See also
References
- "2016 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Coleman, Michael (October 2, 2016). "Clinton, Trump in tight race in New Mexico". Albuquerque Journal.
- Coleman, Michael (November 5, 2016). "Journal Poll: Clinton still ahead in NM". Albuquerque Journal.
- "Election Night Results". Retrieved 2016-12-07.
- Official Results General Election - November 8, 2016 Last Updated: 11/25/2016 11:16:11 AM., New Mexico Secretary of State
- "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report.