Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico
Akashic| Kamala Harris ✓Democratic | 53.8% | 45,937 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 44.0% | 37,594 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent | 2.2% | 1,876 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Doña Ana County, NM | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 53.8%Harris45,937 | 44.0%Trump37,594 | 2.2%Kennedy1,876 | 85,407 | ||
| D | 58.0%Biden47,957 | 39.7%Trump32,802 | 2.3%Jorgensen1,882 | 82,641 | ||
| D | 53.7%Clinton37,947 | 35.9%Trump25,374 | 10.4%Johnson7,327 | 70,648 | ||
| D | 55.9%Obama37,139 | 41.1%Romney27,322 | 3.0%Johnson1,962 | 66,423 | ||
| D | 58.1%Obama40,282 | 40.5%McCain28,068 | 1.3%Nader930 | 69,280 | ||
| D | 51.3%Kerry31,762 | 47.7%Bush29,548 | 1.0%Nader650 | 61,960 | ||
| D | 51.3%Gore23,912 | 45.6%Bush21,263 | 3.2%Nader1,478 | 46,653 | ||
| D | 52.3%Clinton22,766 | 40.3%Dole17,541 | 7.5%Perot3,257 | 43,564 | ||
| D | 45.0%Clinton19,894 | 36.9%Bush16,308 | 18.1%Perot8,015 | 44,217 | ||
| R | 47.0%Dukakis19,608 | 51.7%Bush21,582 | 1.3%Paul557 | 41,747 | ||
| R | 38.1%Mondale13,878 | 60.9%Reagan22,153 | 1.0%Bergland362 | 36,393 | ||
| R | 37.6%Carter10,839 | 53.9%Reagan15,539 | 8.5%Anderson2,442 | 28,820 | ||
| R | 46.0%Carter12,036 | 53.1%Ford13,888 | 0.9%Camejo233 | 26,157 | ||
| R | 38.6%McGovern9,416 | 59.8%Nixon14,562 | 1.6%Schmitz388 | 24,366 | ||
| R | 38.3%Humphrey7,658 | 54.1%Nixon10,824 | 7.5%Wallace1,508 | 19,990 | ||
| D | 59.4%Johnson10,748 | 40.3%Goldwater7,280 | 0.3%Hass57 | 18,085 | ||
| D | 53.1%Kennedy8,905 | 46.5%Nixon7,789 | 0.4%Byrd61 | 16,755 | ||
| R | 41.0%Stevenson4,918 | 58.6%Eisenhower7,025 | 0.4%Andrews48 | 11,991 | ||
| R | 43.5%Stevenson4,556 | 56.3%Eisenhower5,902 | 0.2%Hallinan20 | 10,478 | ||
| D | 59.5%Truman5,116 | 40.0%Dewey3,440 | 0.4%Thurmond37 | 8,593 | ||
| D | 56.9%Roosevelt4,172 | 43.0%Dewey3,149 | 0.1%Thomas6 | 7,327 | ||
| D | 58.3%Roosevelt5,208 | 41.6%Willkie3,720 | 0.1%Thomas8 | 8,936 | ||
| D | 68.4%Roosevelt5,544 | 30.8%Landon2,494 | 0.8%Lemke64 | 8,102 | ||
| D | 67.6%Roosevelt5,133 | 31.0%Hoover2,354 | 1.4%Thomas108 | 7,595 | ||
| R | 40.8%Smith2,169 | 59.1%Hoover3,141 | 0.2%Thomas8 | 5,318 | ||
| R | 36.8%Davis1,775 | 58.6%Coolidge2,823 | 4.6%La Follette221 | 4,819 | ||
| R | 33.2%Cox1,318 | 66.3%Harding2,627 | 0.5%Debs19 | 3,964 | ||
| R | 39.8%Wilson1,078 | 59.3%Hughes1,606 | 0.8%Benson22 | 2,706 | ||
| R | 43.4%Wilson895 | 44.2%Taft912 | 12.5%Roosevelt257 | 2,064 | ||
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| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1912 | −0.8% |
| 1916 | −19.5% |
| 1920 | −33.0% |
| 1924 | −21.7% |
| 1928 | −18.3% |
| 1932 | +36.6% |
| 1936 | +37.6% |
| 1940 | +16.7% |
| 1944 | +14.0% |
| 1948 | +19.5% |
| 1952 | −12.8% |
| 1956 | −17.6% |
| 1960 | +6.7% |
| 1964 | +19.2% |
| 1968 | −15.8% |
| 1972 | −21.1% |
| 1976 | −7.1% |
| 1980 | −16.3% |
| 1984 | −22.7% |
| 1988 | −4.7% |
| 1992 | +8.1% |
| 1996 | +12.0% |
| 2000 | +5.7% |
| 2004 | +3.6% |
| 2008 | +17.6% |
| 2012 | +14.8% |
| 2016 | +17.8% |
| 2020 | +18.3% |
| 2024 | +9.8% |
Home to New Mexico State University and roughly 60 miles from El Paso, Las Cruces blends a majority-Hispanic population with a transient student demographic, producing turnout patterns that diverge noticeably from the surrounding Doña Ana County precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 33.0 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 8.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.8 points.
A population of 224,266, a 27% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,848 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Paso, TX and Albuquerque, NM.
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