Akashic
1892–2024
Akashic
Albuquerque-Santa Fe
presidential margin
2008D+16.42012D+11.52016D+9.22020D+12.32024D+7.6
full record · 1892 → 2024
D+7.6
2024
median income$66,228U.S. $80,734 · NM $64,059
median age40.6U.S. 39.1
poverty rate17.5%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)30.9%U.S. 35.6%
non-english29.7%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Mexican27.2%
Spanish4.5%
Spaniard3.5%
German9.1%
English8.9%
Irish7.2%
Navajo8.6%
African American†1.2%
Filipino0.4%
Chinese0.3%
Vietnamese0.2%
religion
other traditions
Mainline2.2%
Other Christian1.1%
Buddhist0.8%
Hindu0.7%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico

Akashic
Albuquerque-Santa FeHarrisD+7.6
—
2024 presidential margin by county for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NMA map of the constituent counties of Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Bernalillo County, NM · D+21.0Torrance County, NM · R+38.1San Juan County, NM · R+31.7Taos County, NM · D+47.5Los Alamos County, NM · D+30.2San Miguel County, NM · D+27.9Valencia County, NM · R+16.4Socorro County, NM · R+3.7Mora County, NM · D+17.2Chaves County, NM · R+44.8Grant County, NM · D+5.1Hidalgo County, NM · R+23.4Sierra County, NM · R+19.2De Baca County, NM · R+50.7Santa Fe County, NM · D+48.9Guadalupe County, NM · D+0.7Rio Arriba County, NM · D+19.4Montezuma County, CO · R+21.0Lincoln County, NM · R+38.5La Plata County, CO · D+18.6Sandoval County, NM · D+5.8Colfax County, NM · R+14.0Eddy County, NM · R+55.8Catron County, NM · R+50.1Otero County, NM · R+27.0McKinley County, NM · D+24.5Cibola County, NM · D+1.5Luna County, NM · R+18.9Harding County, NM · R+39.2Apache County, AZ · D+19.0Lea County, NM · R+61.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic52.7%470,724
Donald TrumpRepublican45.0%402,370
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent2.3%20,521
D+60
R+60
31 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (31 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Apache County, AZDemocraticD+19.0
Bernalillo County, NMDemocraticD+21.0
Catron County, NMRepublicanR+50.1
Chaves County, NMRepublicanR+44.8
Cibola County, NMDemocraticD+1.5
Colfax County, NMRepublicanR+14.0
De Baca County, NMRepublicanR+50.7
Eddy County, NMRepublicanR+55.8
Grant County, NMDemocraticD+5.1
Guadalupe County, NMDemocraticD+0.7
Harding County, NMRepublicanR+39.2
Hidalgo County, NMRepublicanR+23.4
La Plata County, CODemocraticD+18.6
Lea County, NMRepublicanR+61.6
Lincoln County, NMRepublicanR+38.5
Los Alamos County, NMDemocraticD+30.2
Luna County, NMRepublicanR+18.9
McKinley County, NMDemocraticD+24.5
Montezuma County, CORepublicanR+21.0
Mora County, NMDemocraticD+17.2
Otero County, NMRepublicanR+27.0
Rio Arriba County, NMDemocraticD+19.4
San Juan County, NMRepublicanR+31.7
San Miguel County, NMDemocraticD+27.9
Sandoval County, NMDemocraticD+5.8
Santa Fe County, NMDemocraticD+48.9
Sierra County, NMRepublicanR+19.2
Socorro County, NMRepublicanR+3.7
Taos County, NMDemocraticD+47.5
Torrance County, NMRepublicanR+38.1
Valencia County, NMRepublicanR+16.4
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
52.7%Harris470,724
45.0%Trump402,370
2.3%Kennedy20,521
+7.6%
893,615
D
55.1%Biden495,672
42.8%Trump384,973
2.2%Jorgensen19,743
+12.3%
900,388
D
48.8%Clinton377,956
39.6%Trump306,626
11.6%Johnson90,164
+9.2%
774,746
D
53.7%Obama407,770
42.1%Romney320,179
4.2%Johnson31,868
+11.5%
759,817
D
57.5%Obama459,236
41.1%McCain328,275
1.3%Nader10,537
+16.4%
798,048
D
50.1%Kerry364,658
48.7%Bush354,697
1.1%Nader8,287
+1.4%
727,642
D
48.3%Gore279,160
47.0%Bush271,628
4.7%Nader27,275
+1.3%
578,063
D
49.5%Clinton263,648
41.1%Dole218,642
9.4%Perot49,914
+8.5%
532,204
D
46.7%Clinton252,976
36.3%Bush196,970
17.0%Perot92,043
+10.3%
541,989
R
47.6%Dukakis232,942
51.2%Bush250,662
1.3%Paul6,202
−3.6%
489,806
R
40.0%Mondale194,213
58.9%Reagan285,927
1.1%Bergland5,243
−18.9%
485,383
R
36.5%Carter157,446
54.8%Reagan236,654
8.7%Anderson37,404
−18.4%
431,504
R
48.5%Carter190,346
50.3%Ford197,502
1.1%Camejo4,504
−1.8%
392,352
R
37.2%McGovern133,181
60.3%Nixon215,632
2.5%Schmitz9,070
−23.0%
357,883
R
40.3%Humphrey121,424
51.7%Nixon155,532
8.0%Wallace24,138
−11.3%
301,094
D
59.6%Johnson180,550
39.8%Goldwater120,632
0.5%Hass1,647
+19.8%
302,829
D
50.7%Kennedy145,352
48.9%Nixon140,033
0.4%Byrd1,230
+1.9%
286,615
R
41.3%Stevenson97,088
58.3%Eisenhower137,216
0.4%Andrews938
−17.1%
235,242
R
43.9%Stevenson96,398
55.7%Eisenhower122,174
0.4%Hallinan795
−11.8%
219,367
D
54.3%Truman92,518
44.9%Dewey76,472
0.7%Thurmond1,250
+9.4%
170,240
D
52.3%Roosevelt72,441
47.6%Dewey65,911
0.1%Thomas139
+4.7%
138,491
D
54.5%Roosevelt91,806
45.4%Willkie76,379
0.1%Thomas226
+9.2%
168,411
D
60.7%Roosevelt93,118
38.5%Landon59,171
0.8%Lemke1,236
+22.1%
153,525
D
60.7%Roosevelt83,423
38.0%Hoover52,202
1.3%Thomas1,810
+22.7%
137,435
R
40.4%Smith43,949
59.5%Hoover64,760
0.2%Thomas207
−19.1%
108,916
R
41.8%Davis43,191
49.7%Coolidge51,381
8.5%La Follette8,837
−7.9%
103,409
R
43.1%Cox40,733
55.8%Harding52,735
1.0%Debs962
−12.7%
94,430
D
51.1%Wilson31,347
46.7%Hughes28,633
2.2%Benson1,370
+4.4%
61,350
D
41.7%Wilson19,206
35.8%Taft16,458
22.5%Roosevelt10,349
+6.0%
46,013
D
56.2%Bryan2,952
34.7%Taft1,821
9.1%Debs476
+21.5%
5,249
R
44.3%Parker2,021
49.7%Roosevelt2,271
6.0%Debs273
−5.5%
4,565
D
68.9%Bryan2,576
30.0%McKinley1,120
1.2%Woolley43
+38.9%
3,739
D
96.5%Bryan3,574
3.3%McKinley124
0.2%Palmer7
+93.1%
3,705
O
0.0%Cleveland0
32.2%Harrison685
67.8%Weaver1,441
Weaver +35.6
2,126
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +7.6% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+7.6%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−32.2%
1896+93.1%
1900+38.9%
1904−5.5%
1908+21.5%
1912+6.0%
1916+4.4%
1920−12.7%
1924−7.9%
1928−19.1%
1932+22.7%
1936+22.1%
1940+9.2%
1944+4.7%
1948+9.4%
1952−11.8%
1956−17.1%
1960+1.9%
1964+19.8%
1968−11.3%
1972−23.0%
1976−1.8%
1980−18.4%
1984−18.9%
1988−3.6%
1992+10.3%
1996+8.5%
2000+1.3%
2004+1.4%
2008+16.4%
2012+11.5%
2016+9.2%
2020+12.3%
2024+7.6%
DemocraticRepublican

Stretching from Bernalillo County's urban core to Santa Fe's state-government workforce, this market contains some of the nation's highest concentrations of Native American and Hispanic voters, making mobilization patterns here a consistent bellwether for New Mexico outcomes.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.1 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 32.2 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.6 points.

A population of 1,964,921, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,228 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of El Paso (Las Cruces) and Monterey-Salinas.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

El Paso (Las Cruces)
Texas
90.8twin score
2008–2024 trajectory≠ % Latino
Monterey-Salinas
California
85.6twin score
% White% Latino% Black≠ 2004 margin
Los Angeles
California
79.3twin score
% Latino2008–2024 trajectory% Catholic≠ % Asian

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

Compare two places, side by side

Twelve curated comparisons line up election history, demographics, and the divergence story for two places at a glance. Browse all comparisons →

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico. Akashic. https://akashic.app/dma/790/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
License: CC BY 4.0
Embed this page
A live widget for your site — no API key, attribution built in, CC BY 4.0. All widgets & sizes →
Embed & data: CC BY 4.0 · Akashic Intelligence
U.S. electionsAll elections →
Presidentevery cycleUS Senateevery cycleUS Houseevery cycleGovernorevery cycle

Places within Albuquerque-Santa Fe

counties31
Apache CountyBernalillo CountyCatron CountyChaves CountyCibola CountyColfax CountyDe Baca CountyEddy CountyGrant CountyGuadalupe CountyHarding CountyHidalgo CountyLa Plata CountyLea CountyLincoln CountyLos Alamos CountyLuna CountyMcKinley CountyMontezuma CountyMora CountyOtero CountyRio Arriba CountySan Juan CountySan Miguel County+7 more

Frequently asked questions

How did Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico vote in 2024?
In 2024, Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico voted Democratic by 7.6 points (D+7.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 893,615 votes cast, 470,724 went Democratic and 402,370 went Republican.
When did Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico has a population of 1,964,921 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, New Mexico?
Median household income in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico is $66,228 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.