Capitan, NM
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | R+33.7 |
| 2012 | R+43.0 |
| 2016 | R+49.9 |
| 2020 | R+50.9 |
| 2024 | R+51.9 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 1,191 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+51.9 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $52,864 |
| County | Lincoln County |
| State | NM |
Place narrative
Capitan sits in the Sacramento Mountains foothills, drawing most of its roughly 1,200 residents from ranching and tourism tied to Smokey Bear's birthplace. Small-precinct volatility makes cycle-to-cycle comparisons unreliable.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −51.9% | 185 | 595 | 10 | 790 |
| 2020 | R | −50.9% | 191 | 596 | 9 | 796 |
| 2016 | R | −49.9% | 153 | 506 | 49 | 708 |
| 2012 | R | −43.0% | 192 | 501 | 26 | 719 |
| 2008 | R | −33.7% | 223 | 454 | 9 | 686 |
| 2004† | R | −41.9% | 186 | 461 | 9 | 656 |
Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits.
These Census-place returns are modeled candidate-vote estimates on Census boundaries unless a row explicitly says certified. They are not automatically the official city or town return.
† 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source reported that cycle at county or municipality level (COVID-era consolidated reporting), so block-level detail is interpolated from adjacent cycles and scaled to certified totals.
Demographics
Akashic
| Race & Ethnicity | |
|---|---|
| White | 88.8% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 37.8% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $52,864 |
| Poverty rate | 14.4% |
| Median age | 57.6 |
| Age 18–29 | 8.6% |
| Age 65 and older | 31.8% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 20.3% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 23.0% |
ACS 5-year survey estimates, subject to a margin of error. Race shares are single-race; Hispanic or Latino is a separate, overlapping ethnicity.
Ancestry, religious adherence, and side-by-side parent comparisons appear on the Lincoln County county page and the NM state page.