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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in New Mexico

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in New Mexico in 1996, 49.2% to 41.9%, a margin of 7.3 points and 40,744 votes.

New Mexico voted 1.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Democrats led in 20 of the 33 counties and Republicans in 13. The largest, Bernalillo, cast 182,543 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.1 points. The closest was Sierra, where 14 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 273,495 49.2%
Bob Dole Republican 232,751 41.9%
Ross Perot Reform 32,257 5.8%
All other candidates 17,571 3.2%
Total556,074

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Bernalillo 88,140 48.3% 78,832 43.2% 15,571 182,543 D+5.1
Dona Ana 22,766 52.3% 17,541 40.3% 3,257 43,564 D+12.0
Santa Fe 26,349 62.1% 10,857 25.6% 5,240 42,446 D+36.5
San Juan 12,070 37.1% 17,478 53.7% 3,005 32,553 R+16.6
Sandoval 13,081 49.5% 11,015 41.6% 2,352 26,448 D+7.8
Eddy 8,959 47.2% 8,534 44.9% 1,505 18,998 D+2.2
Valencia 9,169 49.4% 7,779 41.9% 1,597 18,545 D+7.5
Chaves 7,014 37.9% 9,991 53.9% 1,514 18,519 R+16.1
Otero 5,938 36.3% 9,065 55.5% 1,334 16,337 R+19.1
McKinley 10,124 65.2% 4,470 28.8% 932 15,526 D+36.4
Lea 5,393 36.8% 7,661 52.2% 1,612 14,666 R+15.5
Curry 4,116 33.1% 7,378 59.3% 953 12,447 R+26.2
Rio Arriba 7,965 70.5% 2,551 22.6% 789 11,305 D+47.9
Grant 5,860 53.6% 3,993 36.5% 1,075 10,928 D+17.1
Taos 6,635 66.0% 2,126 21.1% 1,292 10,053 D+44.9
Los Alamos 3,983 40.1% 4,999 50.3% 950 9,932 R+10.2
San Miguel 6,995 72.5% 1,938 20.1% 714 9,647 D+52.4
Cibola 4,030 58.6% 2,245 32.6% 605 6,880 D+25.9
Lincoln 2,209 34.5% 3,396 53.0% 806 6,411 R+18.5
Socorro 3,374 53.0% 2,315 36.4% 675 6,364 D+16.6
Luna 3,001 47.4% 2,616 41.4% 709 6,326 D+6.1
Roosevelt 2,097 35.7% 3,245 55.3% 527 5,869 R+19.6
Colfax 2,659 51.5% 1,975 38.2% 532 5,166 D+13.2
Sierra 2,154 44.8% 2,140 44.5% 511 4,805 D+0.3
Torrance 2,072 44.5% 2,154 46.3% 429 4,655 R+1.8
Quay 1,830 43.8% 1,943 46.5% 403 4,176 R+2.7
Mora 1,646 68.8% 561 23.4% 187 2,394 D+45.3
Hidalgo 943 48.3% 789 40.4% 220 1,952 D+7.9
Guadalupe 1,208 69.6% 436 25.1% 92 1,736 D+44.5
Union 519 31.5% 995 60.3% 136 1,650 R+28.8
Catron 423 27.8% 923 60.6% 178 1,524 R+32.8
De Baca 509 46.6% 489 44.7% 95 1,093 D+1.8
Harding 264 42.9% 321 52.1% 31 616 R+9.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

New Mexico in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+6.0
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+10.8
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+8.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+10.1
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.8
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+8.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.0
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+20.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.5
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+24.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+13.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+26.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+27.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+18.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+5.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+10.4
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.5