Bill Clinton carried New Mexico D+7.3.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in New Mexico, 1996. The state ran 1.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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New Mexico result

556,074 votes counted

Clinton (D)

273,495

49.2%

Dole (R)

232,751

41.9%

Perot (I)

32,257

5.8%

All others

17,571

3.2%

Margin

D+7.3

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1996 presidential election

New Mexico, 1996

ClintonD+7.3

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bill Clinton ✓Democratic	49.2%	273,495
Bob DoleRepublican	41.9%	232,751
Ross PerotReform	3.2%	17,571

D+60

R+60

33 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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New Mexico's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1996 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 — 1996

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	+5.1%	88,140	78,832	8,708	182,543
Catron County	R	−32.8%	423	923	114	1,524
Chaves County	R	−16.1%	7,014	9,991	1,271	18,519
Cibola County	D	+25.9%	4,030	2,245	488	6,880
Colfax County	D	+13.2%	2,659	1,975	411	5,166
Curry County	R	−26.2%	4,116	7,378	842	12,447
De Baca County	D	+1.8%	509	489	86	1,093
Doña Ana County	D	+12.0%	22,766	17,541	2,269	43,564
Eddy County	D	+2.2%	8,959	8,534	1,297	18,998
Grant County	D	+17.1%	5,860	3,993	778	10,928
Guadalupe County	D	+44.5%	1,208	436	79	1,736
Harding County	R	−9.3%	264	321	28	616
Hidalgo County	D	+7.9%	943	789	209	1,952
Lea County	R	−15.5%	5,393	7,661	1,465	14,666
Lincoln County	R	−18.5%	2,209	3,396	666	6,411
Los Alamos County	R	−10.2%	3,983	4,999	560	9,932
Luna County	D	+6.1%	3,001	2,616	598	6,326
McKinley County	D	+36.4%	10,124	4,470	650	15,526
Mora County	D	+45.3%	1,646	561	131	2,394
Otero County	R	−19.1%	5,938	9,065	1,096	16,337
Quay County	R	−2.7%	1,830	1,943	377	4,176
Rio Arriba County	D	+47.9%	7,965	2,551	469	11,305
Roosevelt County	R	−19.6%	2,097	3,245	467	5,869
San Juan County	R	−16.6%	12,070	17,478	2,355	32,553
San Miguel County	D	+52.4%	6,995	1,938	405	9,647
Sandoval County	D	+7.8%	13,081	11,015	1,482	26,448
Santa Fe County	D	+36.5%	26,349	10,857	1,846	42,446
Sierra County	D	+0.3%	2,154	2,140	431	4,805
Socorro County	D	+16.6%	3,374	2,315	455	6,364
Taos County	D	+44.9%	6,635	2,126	545	10,053
Torrance County	R	−1.8%	2,072	2,154	332	4,655
Union County	R	−28.8%	519	995	125	1,650
Valencia County	D	+7.5%	9,169	7,779	1,222	18,545