New Mexico — 2012 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2012 presidential electionNew Mexico · PresidentObamaD+10.1
How it voted
Share of the 2012 vote
| Barack Obama ✓Democratic | 53.0% | 415,335 |
|---|---|---|
| Mitt RomneyRepublican | 42.8% | 335,788 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 4.2% | 32,634 |
2012presidential margin
D+60R+60
33 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
New Mexico cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (33 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County, NM | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Catron County, NM | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Chaves County, NM | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Cibola County, NM | Democratic | D+23.8 |
| Colfax County, NM | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Curry County, NM | Republican | R+38.4 |
| De Baca County, NM | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Doña Ana County, NM | Democratic | D+14.8 |
| Eddy County, NM | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Grant County, NM | Democratic | D+13.4 |
| Guadalupe County, NM | Democratic | D+43.6 |
| Harding County, NM | Republican | R+11.1 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Democratic | D+5.0 |
| Lea County, NM | Republican | R+49.8 |
| Lincoln County, NM | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Los Alamos County, NM | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Luna County, NM | Republican | R+1.2 |
| McKinley County, NM | Democratic | D+46.9 |
| Mora County, NM | Democratic | D+52.1 |
| Otero County, NM | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Quay County, NM | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | Democratic | D+52.6 |
| Roosevelt County, NM | Republican | R+38.8 |
| San Juan County, NM | Republican | R+28.1 |
| San Miguel County, NM | Democratic | D+56.9 |
| Sandoval County, NM | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Santa Fe County, NM | Democratic | D+51.1 |
| Sierra County, NM | Republican | R+18.9 |
| Socorro County, NM | Democratic | D+18.6 |
| Taos County, NM | Democratic | D+60.3 |
| Torrance County, NM | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Union County, NM | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Valencia County, NM | Democratic | D+2.5 |
New Mexico results by county
33 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | Barack Obama+44,331 | 150,73955.6% | 106,40839.3% | 13,8225.1% | 270,969 |
| Catron County | Mitt Romney+934 | 56026.4% | 1,49470.4% | 693.3% | 2,123 |
| Chaves County | Mitt Romney+6,484 | 6,60432.5% | 13,08864.5% | 6003.0% | 20,292 |
| Cibola County | Barack Obama+1,963 | 4,96160.2% | 2,99836.4% | 2843.4% | 8,243 |
| Colfax County | Barack Obama+129 | 2,82849.1% | 2,69946.8% | 2374.1% | 5,764 |
| Curry County | Mitt Romney+5,229 | 4,02229.5% | 9,25167.9% | 3522.6% | 13,625 |
| De Baca County | Mitt Romney+299 | 28731.8% | 58665.0% | 293.2% | 902 |
| Doña Ana County | Barack Obama+9,817 | 37,13955.9% | 27,32241.1% | 1,9623.0% | 66,423 |
| Eddy County | Mitt Romney+6,441 | 6,14231.9% | 12,58365.3% | 5442.8% | 19,269 |
| Grant County | Barack Obama+1,732 | 7,09055.0% | 5,35841.5% | 4543.5% | 12,902 |
| Guadalupe County | Barack Obama+931 | 1,48869.7% | 55726.1% | 904.2% | 2,135 |
| Harding County | Mitt Romney+67 | 26043.3% | 32754.4% | 142.3% | 601 |
| Hidalgo County | Barack Obama+96 | 99551.4% | 89946.5% | 412.1% | 1,935 |
| Lea County | Mitt Romney+8,468 | 4,08024.0% | 12,54873.7% | 3872.3% | 17,015 |
| Lincoln County | Mitt Romney+3,019 | 2,94231.8% | 5,96164.5% | 3393.7% | 9,242 |
| Los Alamos County | Barack Obama+395 | 5,19148.7% | 4,79645.0% | 6676.3% | 10,654 |
| Luna County | Mitt Romney+87 | 3,58347.8% | 3,67048.9% | 2473.3% | 7,500 |
| McKinley County | Barack Obama+10,295 | 15,84172.2% | 5,54625.3% | 5422.5% | 21,929 |
| Mora County | Barack Obama+1,360 | 1,95574.9% | 59522.8% | 612.3% | 2,611 |
| Otero County | Mitt Romney+5,622 | 6,82934.1% | 12,45162.2% | 7323.7% | 20,012 |
| Quay County | Mitt Romney+819 | 1,38337.3% | 2,20259.4% | 1223.3% | 3,707 |
| Rio Arriba County | Barack Obama+8,068 | 11,46574.7% | 3,39722.1% | 4813.1% | 15,343 |
| Roosevelt County | Mitt Romney+2,316 | 1,72728.9% | 4,04367.7% | 1993.3% | 5,969 |
| San Juan County | Mitt Romney+12,994 | 15,85534.3% | 28,84962.4% | 1,5333.3% | 46,237 |
| San Miguel County | Barack Obama+6,547 | 8,85076.9% | 2,30320.0% | 3563.1% | 11,509 |
| Sandoval County | Barack Obama+2,849 | 27,23650.4% | 24,38745.1% | 2,4554.5% | 54,078 |
| Santa Fe County | Barack Obama+35,372 | 50,87273.5% | 15,50022.4% | 2,8734.1% | 69,245 |
| Sierra County | Mitt Romney+964 | 1,96438.5% | 2,92857.4% | 2104.1% | 5,102 |
| Socorro County | Barack Obama+1,336 | 4,05856.4% | 2,72237.8% | 4135.7% | 7,193 |
| Taos County | Barack Obama+9,248 | 11,97878.1% | 2,73017.8% | 6314.1% | 15,339 |
| Torrance County | Mitt Romney+1,101 | 2,42837.9% | 3,52955.1% | 4457.0% | 6,402 |
| Union County | Mitt Romney+764 | 47226.8% | 1,23670.3% | 512.9% | 1,759 |
| Valencia County | Barack Obama+686 | 13,51148.7% | 12,82546.3% | 1,3925.0% | 27,728 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)
New Mexico's presidential margins
1912–2024, the 2012 contest in context
| 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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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2012 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.