Bill Clinton carried New Mexico D+8.6.

Bill Clinton (D) vs George H. W. Bush (R) in New Mexico, 1992. The state ran 3.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+5.6 nationally).

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · George H. W. Bush (R) · Ross Perot (Independent)

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New Mexico result

569,986 votes counted

Clinton (D)

261,617

45.9%

Bush (R)

212,824

37.3%

Perot (I)

91,895

16.1%

All others

3,650

0.6%

Margin

D+8.6

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1992 presidential election

New Mexico, 1992

ClintonD+8.6

How it voted

Share of the 1992 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	45.9%	261,617
George H. W. BushRepublican	37.3%	212,824
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	3,650

D+60

R+60

33 counties, each filled by 1992 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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New Mexico's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1992 contest in context

New Mexico's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+5.5%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−10.4%
1924	−5.5%
1928	−18.2%
1932	+27.0%
1936	+26.2%
1940	+13.3%
1944	+7.0%
1948	+13.5%
1952	−11.1%
1956	−16.0%
1960	+0.7%
1964	+18.6%
1968	−12.1%
1972	−24.5%
1976	−2.5%
1980	−18.2%
1984	−20.5%
1988	−5.0%
1992	+8.6%
1996	+7.3%
2000	+0.1%
2004	−0.8%
2008	+15.1%
2012	+10.1%
2016	+8.2%
2020	+10.8%
2024	+6.0%

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County results — 1992

33 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Bernalillo County	D	+6.8%	90,863	77,304	31,241	200,698
Catron County	R	−19.7%	465	771	289	1,553
Chaves County	R	−13.3%	6,360	8,872	3,590	18,898
Cibola County	D	+20.4%	3,334	2,051	847	6,284
Colfax County	D	+16.8%	2,607	1,730	871	5,228
Curry County	R	−24.8%	3,699	6,831	2,056	12,633
De Baca County	R	−6.3%	451	526	204	1,185
Doña Ana County	D	+8.1%	19,894	16,308	7,682	44,217
Eddy County	D	+0.5%	7,409	7,313	3,430	18,202
Grant County	D	+26.1%	5,603	2,917	1,685	10,277
Guadalupe County	D	+25.4%	1,225	691	173	2,102
Harding County	R	−6.5%	268	312	98	678
Hidalgo County	D	+5.4%	995	871	442	2,315
Lea County	R	−17.6%	5,047	7,921	3,233	16,311
Lincoln County	R	−16.0%	1,730	2,669	1,431	5,857
Los Alamos County	R	−4.0%	3,897	4,320	2,339	10,642
Luna County	D	+7.5%	2,637	2,166	1,445	6,272
McKinley County	D	+30.2%	9,405	4,720	1,304	15,531
Mora County	D	+36.6%	1,555	668	188	2,421
Otero County	R	−13.0%	5,377	7,481	3,257	16,203
Quay County	R	−0.0%	1,758	1,759	755	4,289
Rio Arriba County	D	+44.6%	7,832	2,680	984	11,542
Roosevelt County	R	−16.0%	2,172	3,215	1,085	6,513
San Juan County	R	−7.0%	11,302	13,415	5,351	30,281
San Miguel County	D	+42.6%	6,186	2,183	965	9,387
Sandoval County	D	+10.4%	10,951	8,491	3,954	23,574
Santa Fe County	D	+40.8%	27,189	9,684	5,656	42,917
Sierra County	D	+4.7%	1,771	1,562	1,055	4,418
Socorro County	D	+11.9%	2,908	2,186	918	6,088
Taos County	D	+44.9%	7,051	2,260	1,300	10,681
Torrance County	R	−0.1%	1,662	1,667	810	4,167
Union County	R	−24.6%	519	975	355	1,854
Valencia County	D	+7.1%	7,495	6,305	2,902	16,768