combined metro areaAlbuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+9.9
2008D+25.9
2012D+21.0
2016D+20.1
2020D+24.5
2024D+20.3
full record · 1912 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 63.4% of 877,854 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
328,003
214,973
13,354
556,330
877,854
63.4%
2020
341,659
204,784
12,632
559,075
855,984
65.3%
2016
258,518
161,800
60,339
480,657
821,238
58.5%
2012
272,247
173,740
22,552
468,539
789,227
59.4%
2008
309,260
180,589
6,332
496,181
745,284
66.6%
2004
239,921
196,248
5,040
441,209
701,341†
62.9%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
9 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupAlbuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NMNew MexicoUnited States
Mexican28.3%32.4%11.3%
Spanish5.9%4.2%—
Spaniard4.7%3.6%—
Puerto Rican0.6%0.5%1.8%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Colombian0.2%—0.4%
Dominican0.2%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.2%0.2%0.5%
German9.7%8.7%12.5%
English9.5%8.5%9.5%
Irish7.6%6.9%9.4%
American3.5%3.9%5.3%
Italian3.2%2.4%4.8%
Scottish1.9%1.7%1.3%
French1.7%1.4%1.6%
Polish1.2%0.8%2.2%
Navajo2.1%5.8%—
Aztec0.2%——
Filipino0.5%0.4%0.9%
Chinese0.4%0.2%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Asian Indian0.3%0.2%1.4%
African American†1.4%1.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.2%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
New Mexico
United States
Median age
41.3
39.7
39.1
Age 18–24
8.4%
9.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
20.3%
19.2%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
New Mexico
United States
Median household income
$72,503
$64,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.5%
17.9%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
36.8%
30.6%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
New Mexico
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
27.9%
31.4%
22.3%
Spanish
22.2%
24.5%
13.6%
Other languages
2.6%
4.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
New Mexico
United States
Catholic
37.1%
29.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
11.8%
12.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
41.5%
47.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1912
−13.9%
1916
−13.0%
1920
−18.6%
1924
−14.7%
1928
−21.5%
1932
+13.9%
1936
+17.7%
1940
+4.2%
1944
−0.6%
1948
+0.6%
1952
−13.3%
1956
−20.7%
1960
+4.3%
1964
+21.5%
1968
−9.1%
1972
−17.7%
1976
−1.9%
1980
−13.9%
1984
−14.5%
1988
−0.0%
1992
+13.8%
1996
+12.6%
2000
+8.1%
2004
+9.9%
2008
+25.9%
2012
+21.0%
2016
+20.1%
2020
+24.5%
2024
+20.3%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.0%Harris328,003
38.6%Trump214,973
0.5%Kennedy2,737 +5
D+20.3
R+4.2
D+21.8
556,330
All 8 candidates in 2024 · 6 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic59.0%328,003
Donald J TrumpRepublican38.6%214,973
OtherAll other candidates1.5%8,600
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent0.5%2,737
Jill SteinIndependent0.2%1,119
Chase OliverLibertarian0.1%598
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.1%294
Laura EbkeLibertarian0.0%6
D
61.1%Biden341,659
36.6%Trump204,784
2.3%
D+24.5
D+4.4
D+20.0
559,075
D
53.8%Clinton258,518
33.7%Trump161,800
12.6%
D+20.1
R+0.9
D+18.0
480,657
D
58.1%Obama272,247
37.1%Romney173,740
4.8%
D+21.0
R+4.9
D+17.2
468,539
D
62.3%Obama309,260
36.4%McCain180,589
1.3%
D+25.9
D+16.0
D+18.7
496,181
D
54.4%Kerry239,921
44.5%Bush196,248
1.1%
D+9.9
D+1.8
D+12.4
441,209
D
51.6%Gore178,378
43.5%Bush150,341
4.9%
D+8.1
R+4.5
D+7.6
345,549
D
51.8%Clinton159,400
39.2%Dole120,686
9.0%
D+12.6
R+1.2
D+4.1
307,915
D
48.9%Clinton157,630
35.2%Bush113,302
15.9%
D+13.8
D+13.8
D+8.2
322,116
R
49.4%Dukakis138,523
49.4%Bush138,590
1.2%
R+0.02
D+14.5
D+7.7
280,558
R
42.2%Mondale116,057
56.7%Reagan155,885
1.1%
R+14.5
R+0.6
D+3.7
274,913
R
37.7%Carter94,787
51.6%Reagan129,746
10.8%
R+13.9
R+12.0
R+4.2
251,674
R
48.5%Carter109,897
50.5%Ford114,275
1.0%
R+1.9
D+15.8
R+4.0
226,429
R
40.1%McGovern83,700
57.9%Nixon120,697
2.0%
R+17.7
R+8.7
D+5.4
208,629
R
43.1%Humphrey71,983
52.2%Nixon87,108
4.7%
R+9.1
R+30.6
R+8.4
166,941
D
60.5%Johnson98,017
39.0%Goldwater63,156
0.6%
D+21.5
D+17.2
R+1.1
162,125
D
52.0%Kennedy78,236
47.7%Nixon71,773
0.3%
D+4.3
D+25.0
D+4.1
150,503
R
39.5%Stevenson48,025
60.2%Eisenhower73,252
0.3%
R+20.7
R+7.4
R+5.3
121,701
R
43.3%Stevenson49,038
56.5%Eisenhower64,098
0.2%
R+13.3
R+13.9
R+2.5
113,370
D
50.0%Truman42,185
49.4%Dewey41,644
0.7%
D+0.6
D+1.2
R+3.8
84,382
R
49.7%Roosevelt32,298
50.3%Dewey32,691
0.0%
R+0.6
R+4.8
R+8.1
65,019
D
52.1%Roosevelt41,175
47.8%Willkie37,830
0.1%
D+4.2
R+13.5
R+5.7
79,072
D
58.7%Roosevelt42,576
40.9%Landon29,700
0.4%
D+17.7
D+3.9
R+6.5
72,563
D
56.6%Roosevelt36,075
42.8%Hoover27,250
0.6%
D+13.9
D+35.4
R+3.9
63,685
R
39.2%Smith20,536
60.7%Hoover31,804
0.1%
R+21.5
R+6.9
R+4.0
52,374
R
40.3%Davis20,032
54.9%Coolidge27,322
4.8%
R+14.7
D+3.9
D+10.5
49,731
R
40.5%Cox17,693
59.1%Harding25,812
0.4%
R+18.6
R+5.6
D+7.6
43,661
R
43.0%Wilson10,860
56.0%Hughes14,154
1.0%
R+13.0
D+0.8
R+16.2
25,256
R
33.6%Wilson6,704
47.4%Taft9,478
19.0%
R+13.9
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R+33.4
19,977
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Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
61.5%335,987
38.5%210,357
546,344
2020
D
57.5%319,742
40.0%222,539
556,106
2018
D
59.4%254,514
24.9%106,677
428,264
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026D+19.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.3
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.3 points.
Domestic migration in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,836
2012
−2,599
2013
−4,210
2014
−5,674
2015
−3,901
2016
−212
2017
+733
2018
+185
2019
+1,318
2021
+2,247
2022
−352
2023
+110
2024
−1,181
2025
−105
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.9 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 21.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 4.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 1,168,091, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,503 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Paso-Las Cruces, TX-NM and Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI.
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How did Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico voted Democratic by 20.3 points (D+20.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 556,330 votes cast, 328,003 went Democratic and 214,973 went Republican.
When did Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico?
Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico has a population of 1,168,091 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico?
Median household income in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico is $72,503 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albuquerque-Santa Fe-Los Alamos, NM, New Mexico from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.
