How New Mexico has voted since 1960
New Mexico has 5 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 10 times and Republican 7 times. It has backed the national winner in 13 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 6.0 points, 7.5 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 59.7% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 42nd among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 2008. Its closest result was in 2000, when Al Gore won it by 366 votes.
- 1960Kennedy+0.7
- 1964Johnson+19.0
- 1968Nixon+12.1
- 1972Nixon+24.5
- 1976Ford+2.5
- 1980Reagan+18.2
- 1984Reagan+20.5
- 1988Bush+5.0
- 1992Clinton+8.6
- 1996Clinton+7.3
- 2000Gore+0.1
- 2004Bush+0.8
- 2008Obama+15.1
- 2012Obama+10.2
- 2016Clinton+8.2
- 2020Biden+10.8
- 2024Harris+6.0
Each box is one election: the winner in New Mexico and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.
Election night
9 p.m. ET
Polls close at 9 p.m. ET (7 p.m. Mountain).
Also closing at 9 p.m. ET: AZ, CO, IA, LA, MN, NE, NY, WI, WY.
Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.
2028 ratings
- Safe D Electoral Vote Map Sept. 27, 2026
In Congress
Senate
- Martin Heinrich (D) since 2013
- Ben Ray Luján (D) since 2021
House: 3 Democrats
All 3 members
- 1 Melanie A. Stansbury (D)
- 2 Gabe Vasquez (D)
- 3 Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)
From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.
Margin by election
New Mexico margin National popular vote
By county
Donald Trump won 20 of New Mexico's 33 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 13.
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Largest counties, 2024
| County | Votes | Margin | Shift from 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 310,844 | D+21.0 | →R 3.4 |
| Doña Ana County | 85,407 | D+9.8 | →R 8.6 |
| Santa Fe County | 83,719 | D+48.9 | →R 4.8 |
| Sandoval County | 79,540 | D+5.8 | →R 2.6 |
| San Juan County | 52,926 | R+31.7 | →R 3.5 |
| Valencia County | 33,277 | R+16.4 | →R 6.8 |
| McKinley County | 25,867 | D+24.5 | →R 14.1 |
| Otero County | 24,242 | R+27.0 | →R 1.3 |
| Eddy County | 23,472 | R+55.8 | →R 4.0 |
| Chaves County | 22,200 | R+44.8 | →R 3.5 |
Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Rio Arriba County (14.2), McKinley County (14.1), Mora County (14.0); toward the Democrat, Union County (3.9), Los Alamos County (3.5), Sierra County (2.3) — in points of margin.
County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.
Results by year
| Year | Winner | Democrat | Republican | Other | Margin | Nation | Turnout | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala HarrisHarris lost | Harris 51.9%478,802 | Trump 45.9%423,391 | 2.3% | D+6.0 | R+1.5 | 59.7% | 5 |
| 2020 | Joe BidenBiden | Biden 54.3%501,614 | Trump 43.5%401,894 | 2.2% | D+10.8 | D+4.5 | 60.5% | 5 |
| 2016 | Hillary ClintonClinton lost | Clinton 48.3%385,234 | Trump 40.0%319,667 | Johnson 9.3% | D+8.2 | D+2.1 | 54.6% | 5 |
| 2012 | Barack ObamaObama | Obama 53.0%415,335 | Romney 42.8%335,788 | 4.2% | D+10.2 | D+3.9 | 54.7% | 5 |
| 2008 | Barack ObamaObama | Obama 56.9%472,422 | McCain 41.8%346,832 | 1.3% | D+15.1 | D+7.3 | 61.2% | 5 |
| 2004 | George W. BushBush | Kerry 49.1%370,942 | Bush 49.8%376,930 | 1.1% | R+0.8 | R+2.5 | 60.1% | 5 |
| 2000 | Al GoreGore lost | Gore 47.9%286,783 | Bush 47.9%286,417 | 4.2% | D+0.1 | D+0.5 | 50.4% | 5 |
| 1996 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 49.2%273,495 | Dole 41.9%232,751 | Perot 5.8% | D+7.3 | D+8.5 | 49.4% | 5 |
| 1992 | Bill ClintonClinton | Clinton 45.9%261,617 | Bush 37.3%212,824 | Perot 16.1% | D+8.6 | D+5.6 | 55.1% | 5 |
| 1988 | George H.W. BushBush | Dukakis 46.9%244,497 | Bush 51.9%270,341 | 1.3% | R+5.0 | R+7.7 | 53.4% | 5 |
| 1984 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Mondale 39.2%201,769 | Reagan 59.7%307,101 | 1.1% | R+20.5 | R+18.2 | 54.6% | 5 |
| 1980 | Ronald ReaganReagan | Carter 36.8%167,826 | Reagan 55.0%250,779 | Anderson 6.5% | R+18.2 | R+9.7 | 53.2% | 4 |
| 1976 | Gerald FordFord lost | Carter 48.3%201,148 | Ford 50.8%211,419 | 1.0% | R+2.5 | D+2.1 | — | 4 |
| 1972 | Richard NixonNixon | McGovern 36.6% | Nixon 61.1% | 2.4% | R+24.5 | R+23.2 | — | 4 |
| 1968 | Richard NixonNixon | Humphrey 39.8% | Nixon 51.9% | Wallace 7.9% | R+12.1 | R+0.7 | — | 4 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnson | Johnson 59.2% | Goldwater 40.2% | 0.5% | D+19.0 | D+22.6 | — | 4 |
| 1960 | John F. KennedyKennedy | Kennedy 50.2% | Nixon 49.4% | 0.4% | D+0.7 | D+0.2 | — | 4 |
Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).
Electoral votes
Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.
- 419601950 census
- 41964–19681960 census
- 41972–19801970 census
- 51984–19881980 census
- 51992–20001990 census
- 52004–20082000 census
- 52012–20202010 census
- 52024–20282020 census
- 52032–2040projected
Projected: New Mexico's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 5. An estimate, not a forecast.