New Mexico — 2016 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2016 presidential electionNew Mexico · PresidentClintonD+8.2
How it voted
Share of the 2016 vote
| Hillary Clinton ✓Democratic | 48.3% | 385,234 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 40.0% | 319,667 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 11.7% | 93,418 |
2016presidential margin
D+60R+60
33 counties, each filled by 2016 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+17.7 |
| Catron County, NM | Republican | R+50.6 |
| Chaves County, NM | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Cibola County, NM | Democratic | D+6.8 |
| Colfax County, NM | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Curry County, NM | Republican | R+44.2 |
| De Baca County, NM | Republican | R+46.9 |
| Doña Ana County, NM | Democratic | D+17.8 |
| Eddy County, NM | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Grant County, NM | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Guadalupe County, NM | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Harding County, NM | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Lea County, NM | Republican | R+48.4 |
| Lincoln County, NM | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Los Alamos County, NM | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Luna County, NM | Republican | R+3.9 |
| McKinley County, NM | Democratic | D+39.0 |
| Mora County, NM | Democratic | D+35.7 |
| Otero County, NM | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Quay County, NM | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | Democratic | D+40.3 |
| Roosevelt County, NM | Republican | R+40.8 |
| San Juan County, NM | Republican | R+32.7 |
| San Miguel County, NM | Democratic | D+46.2 |
| Sandoval County, NM | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Santa Fe County, NM | Democratic | D+51.0 |
| Sierra County, NM | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Socorro County, NM | Democratic | D+10.1 |
| Taos County, NM | Democratic | D+52.0 |
| Torrance County, NM | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Union County, NM | Republican | R+52.6 |
| Valencia County, NM | Republican | R+8.6 |
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 | Clinton, Hillary+48,719 | 143,41752.2% | 94,69834.5% | 36,54713.3% | 274,662 |
| Catron County | Trump, Donald J.+1,037 | 42720.8% | 1,46471.4% | 1587.7% | 2,049 |
| Chaves County | Trump, Donald J.+7,338 | 5,53427.3% | 12,87263.5% | 1,8659.2% | 20,271 |
| Cibola County | Clinton, Hillary+546 | 3,74146.4% | 3,19539.6% | 1,12714.0% | 8,063 |
| Colfax County | Trump, Donald J.+456 | 2,12939.9% | 2,58548.5% | 61811.6% | 5,332 |
| Curry County | Trump, Donald J.+5,914 | 3,12123.3% | 9,03567.6% | 1,2149.1% | 13,370 |
| De Baca County | Trump, Donald J.+427 | 19321.2% | 62068.1% | 9710.7% | 910 |
| Doña Ana County | Clinton, Hillary+12,573 | 37,94753.7% | 25,37435.9% | 7,32710.4% | 70,648 |
| Eddy County | Trump, Donald J.+8,114 | 5,03325.6% | 13,14766.8% | 1,4877.6% | 19,667 |
| Grant County | Clinton, Hillary+988 | 6,27649.0% | 5,28841.3% | 1,2479.7% | 12,811 |
| Guadalupe County | Clinton, Hillary+375 | 97053.1% | 59532.6% | 26214.3% | 1,827 |
| Harding County | Trump, Donald J.+155 | 15629.6% | 31159.0% | 6011.4% | 527 |
| Hidalgo County | Trump, Donald J.+126 | 78441.9% | 91048.6% | 1789.5% | 1,872 |
| Lea County | Trump, Donald J.+8,565 | 3,93022.2% | 12,49570.5% | 1,2877.3% | 17,712 |
| Lincoln County | Trump, Donald J.+3,565 | 2,33126.2% | 5,89666.2% | 6757.6% | 8,902 |
| Los Alamos County | Clinton, Hillary+2,203 | 5,56251.1% | 3,35930.9% | 1,96418.0% | 10,885 |
| Luna County | Trump, Donald J.+283 | 3,19543.8% | 3,47847.7% | 6228.5% | 7,295 |
| McKinley County | Clinton, Hillary+8,472 | 13,57662.6% | 5,10423.5% | 3,02313.9% | 21,703 |
| Mora County | Clinton, Hillary+871 | 1,53662.9% | 66527.2% | 2409.8% | 2,441 |
| Otero County | Trump, Donald J.+5,763 | 6,12430.5% | 11,88759.3% | 2,04910.2% | 20,060 |
| Quay County | Trump, Donald J.+1,195 | 1,01728.5% | 2,21261.9% | 3439.6% | 3,572 |
| Rio Arriba County | Clinton, Hillary+5,993 | 9,59264.5% | 3,59924.2% | 1,68711.3% | 14,878 |
| Roosevelt County | Trump, Donald J.+2,430 | 1,45424.4% | 3,88465.3% | 61210.3% | 5,950 |
| San Juan County | Trump, Donald J.+15,081 | 12,86527.9% | 27,94660.6% | 5,29911.5% | 46,110 |
| San Miguel County | Clinton, Hillary+4,972 | 7,28567.8% | 2,31321.5% | 1,15310.7% | 10,751 |
| Sandoval County | Clinton, Hillary+1,802 | 27,70744.9% | 25,90542.0% | 8,07813.1% | 61,690 |
| Santa Fe County | Clinton, Hillary+36,461 | 50,79371.1% | 14,33220.1% | 6,3098.8% | 71,434 |
| Sierra County | Trump, Donald J.+1,398 | 1,61231.1% | 3,01058.1% | 55910.8% | 5,181 |
| Socorro County | Clinton, Hillary+697 | 3,31348.2% | 2,61638.1% | 93913.7% | 6,868 |
| Taos County | Clinton, Hillary+7,941 | 10,66869.9% | 2,72717.9% | 1,86512.2% | 15,260 |
| Torrance County | Trump, Donald J.+1,929 | 1,78528.2% | 3,71458.7% | 82513.0% | 6,324 |
| Union County | Trump, Donald J.+896 | 32018.8% | 1,21671.4% | 1669.8% | 1,702 |
| Valencia County | Trump, Donald J.+2,374 | 10,84139.3% | 13,21547.9% | 3,53612.8% | 27,592 |
complete certified result
New Mexico candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)
New Mexico's presidential margins
1912–2024, the 2016 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% |
Same ballot, 2016NM
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2016 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.