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1876–2024
Sandoval County, New Mexico
Sandoval County·New Mexico

Sandoval County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A fast-growing Albuquerque suburb where margins have narrowed each cycle

18762024·38 elections
Sandoval County, New Mexico · AllenS · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+6
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
153,604
2024 ACS
Most similar
Peoria County
IL · similarity 0.95
156 precincts · 79,540 votes cast
Harris · D+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+5.8%
41,20536,60579,540
2020D
+8.4%
40,58834,17476,562
2016D
+2.9%
27,70725,90561,690
2012D
+5.3%
27,23624,38754,078
2008D
+12.8%
32,66925,19358,630
2004R
−2.7%
21,42122,62844,541
2000R
−1.7%
14,89915,42331,755
1996D
+7.8%
13,08111,01526,448
1992D
+10.4%
10,9518,49123,574
1988R
−0.4%
9,3329,41119,011
1984R
−11.8%
7,0809,00516,246
1980R
−16.1%
4,7406,76212,582
1976D
+10.4%
5,0724,1109,269
1972R
−3.1%
3,2933,5076,979
1968D
+13.7%
2,6091,9594,728
1964D
+51.0%
3,3321,0774,420
1960D
+29.7%
2,6721,4474,119
1956R
−11.4%
1,5741,9793,554
1952R
−4.3%
1,6471,7953,448
1948D
+5.0%
1,8511,6753,539
1944R
−3.0%
1,3541,4392,795
1940D
+1.7%
2,0601,9904,051
1936D
+7.5%
2,0941,8003,898
1932D
+7.3%
1,8081,5623,378
1928R
−18.9%
1,1591,7002,860
1924R
−18.1%
1,0961,5872,712
1920R
−14.9%
8841,1942,078
1916D
+9.1%
7346111,345
1912R
−9.2%
126211920
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
1.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
39.1%
Other Christian
10.8%
Baptist
2.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Methodist
0.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sandoval County sits northwest of Albuquerque and has urbanized rapidly, with population growth pulling its presidential margins from double-digit Democratic leads toward single digits over the past decade.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached fifty-one points in 1964; the Republican margin reached nineteen points in 1928. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Sandoval County's demographics — a population of 153,604, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $86,636 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Peoria County and Boone County.