Chama, NM
| Election | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2008 | D+17.4 |
| 2012 | D+22.9 |
| 2016 | D+12.1 |
| 2020 | D+9.1 |
| 2024 | R+1.6 |
Turnout is unavailable because a compatible reported ballots-cast numerator and denominator are not both present.
Akashic
| Population | 776 |
|---|---|
| Latest presidential result | R+1.6 (2024) |
| Results on record | 2004–2024 presidential |
| Median household income | $30,694 |
| County | Rio Arriba County |
| State | NM |
Place narrative
Chama sits at 7,800 feet in Rio Arriba County, one of New Mexico's most reliably Democratic counties, where Hispanic residents make up a large majority and the narrow-gauge Cumbres & Toltec railroad anchors a tourism-dependent local economy.
Akashic
Presidential history
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Other | Candidate total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | −1.6% | 236 | 244 | 7 | 487 |
| 2020 | D | +9.1% | 272 | 226 | 9 | 507 |
| 2016 | D | +12.1% | 253 | 193 | 49 | 495 |
| 2012 | D | +22.9% | 293 | 181 | 15 | 489 |
| 2008 | D | +17.4% | 339 | 236 | 16 | 591 |
| 2004† | R | −8.4% | 265 | 314 | 1 | 580 |
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 | 32.0% |
| Black | 0.0% |
| Asian | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 73.7% |
| Income & Age | |
| Median household income | $30,694 |
| Poverty rate | 20.8% |
| Median age | 64.4 |
| Age 18–29 | 0.5% |
| Age 65 and older | 43.4% |
| Education & Language | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+) | 18.9% |
| Speaks a non-English language at home | 27.4% |
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 Rio Arriba County county page and the NM state page.