Since New Mexico's admission to the Union in January 1912, it has participated in 29 United States presidential elections.
In the state's first presidential election, in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive Party's nominee, received the highest vote share (17.1%) ever won by a third-party candidate in New Mexico. The largest margin of victory in a presidential election in New Mexico's history was in 1932, when Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Herbert Hoover by 26.96%. The narrowest margin of victory was in 2000 presidential election, when Democrat Al Gore defeated Republican George W. Bush by a margin of just 0.06% (366 votes).
Up to the 2024 presidential election, New Mexico has been a leading indicator of election trends with a success rate of 86.2%; the winner in New Mexico has won the presidency 25 out of 29 times, except in the 1976, 2000, 2016, 2024 presidential elections. New Mexico has aligned with the national popular vote in every election except 1976 and 2024 since its admission to the union.
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. it has not yet gone into force.
Presidential elections Key for parties
Note A double dagger () indicates the national winner.
+ Year Winner Runner-upOther candidateCandidate Votes%Candidate Votes%Candidate Votes% 20,437 17,164 8,347 3 33,693 31,097 1,977 3 57,634 46,668 1,104 3 54,745 48,542 9,543 3 69,708 48,211 158 3 95,089 54,217 1,776 3 106,037 61,727 924 3 103,699 79,315 144 3 81,389 70,688 148 4 105,464 80,303 1,037 4 132,170 105,661 297 4 146,788 106,098 364 4 156,027 153,733 570 4 194,015 131,838 1,217 4 169,692 130,081 25,737 4 235,606 141,084 8,767 4 211,419 201,148 2,462 4 250,779 167,826 29,459 4 307,101 201,769 4,459 5 270,341 244,497 3,268 5 261,617 212,824 91,895 5 273,495 232,751 32,257 5 286,783 286,417 21,251 5 376,930 370,942 4,053 5 472,422 346,832 5,327 5 415,335 335,788 27,788 5 385,234 319,667 74,541 5 501,614 401,894 12,585 5 478,802 423,391 9,553 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 Elections in New Mexico List of United States presidential election results by state
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