United States presidential elections in New Mexico

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Below is a table of all United States presidential elections in New Mexico since it became a state in 1912.

New Mexico voted for the winning Presidential candidate from 1912 until 1976. This gave the state a bellwether reputation.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes % Loser (nationally) Votes % Other votes Other % Electoral votes
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) 20,437 41.39% William H. Taft (R) 17,733 35.91% ≈11,200 22.70% 3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) 33,527 50.2% Charles E. Hughes (R) 31,152 46.6% ≈2,130 3.2% 3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) 57,634 54.7% James M. Cox (D) 46,668 44.3% ≈1,000 1.0% 3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) 54,745 48.5% John W. Davis (D) 48,542 43.0% ≈9,543 8.5% 3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) 69,645 59.0% Al Smith (D) 48,211 40.9% ≈110 0.1% 3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 95,089 62.7% Herbert Hoover (R) 54,217 35.8% ≈2,270 1.5% 3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 106,037 62.7% Alf Landon (R) 61,727 36.5% ≈1,300 0.8% 3
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 103,699 56.6% Wendell Willkie (R) 79,315 43.3% ≈180 0.1% 3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 81,389 53.5% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 70,688 46.4% ≈150 0.1% 4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) 105,464 56.4% Thomas E. Dewey (R) 80,303 42.9% ≈1,300 0.7% 4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 132,170 55.4% Adlai Stevenson (D) 105,661 44.3% ≈700 0.3% 4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 146,788 57.8% Adlai Stevenson (D) 106,098 41.8% ≈1,010 0.4% 4
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) 156,027 50.2% Richard Nixon (R) 153,733 49.4% ≈1,240 0.4% 4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) 194,017 59.2% Barry Goldwater (R) 131,838 40.2% ≈1,950 0.6% 4
1968 Richard Nixon (R) 169,692 51.9% Hubert Humphrey (D) 130,081 39.8% ≈27,100 8.3% 4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) 235,606 61.1% George McGovern (D) 141,084 36.6% ≈8,870 2.3% 4
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) 201,148 48.3% Gerald Ford (R) 211,419 50.8% ≈3,750 0.9% 4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) 250,779 54.9% Jimmy Carter (D) 167,826 36.8% ≈37,900 8.3% 4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) 307,101 59.70% Walter Mondale (D) 201,769 39.23% 5,500 1.07% 5
1988 George H.W. Bush (R) 270,341 51.86% Michael Dukakis (D) 244,497 46.90% 6,449 1.24% 5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) 261,617 45.90% George H.W. Bush (R) 212,824 37.34% 95,545 16.76% 5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) 273,495 49.18% Bob Dole (R) 232,751 41.86% 49,828 8.96% 5
2000 George W. Bush (R) 286,417 47.85% Al Gore (D) 286,783 47.91% 25,405 4.24% 5
2004 George W. Bush (R) 376,930 49.84% John Kerry (D) 370,942 49.05% 8,432 1.11% 5
2008 Barack Obama (D) 472,422 56.91% John McCain (R) 346,832 41.78% 10,904 1.31% 5
2012 Barack Obama (D) 415,335 52.99% Mitt Romney (R) 335,788 42.84% 32,633 4.16% 5
2016 Donald Trump (R) 319,667 40.04% Hillary Clinton (D) 385,234 48.26% 93,418 11.70% 5
2020 Joe Biden (D) 501,614 54.29% Donald Trump (R) 401,894 43.50% 20,457 2.21% 5

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