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New Mexico 2000 vs 2008: county swing

2 of 33 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Bernalillo County: swing D+19.2Cibola County: swing D+10.3Eddy County: swing R+7.5Lincoln County: swing D+10.5Los Alamos County: swing D+21.3San Juan County: swing D+6.1Socorro County: swing D+19.3Colfax County: swing D+9.8Guadalupe County: swing D+10.7Harding County: swing D+9.9Lea County: swing EvenMora County: swing D+22.0Rio Arriba County: swing D+12.3Roosevelt County: swing D+5.5Sandoval County: swing D+14.4Santa Fe County: swing D+18.5Torrance County: swing D+11.3Valencia County: swing D+12.3Doña Ana County: swing D+11.9Grant County: swing D+13.5Quay County: swing D+0.8Union County: swing D+4.3De Baca County: swing R+3.6San Miguel County: swing D+13.4Sierra County: swing D+10.4Taos County: swing D+25.4Hidalgo County: swing D+9.2Luna County: swing D+11.6McKinley County: swing D+11.1Otero County: swing D+10.4Catron County: swing D+19.0Chaves County: swing D+3.2Curry County: swing D+6.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Eddy County R+18.1 R+25.6 R+7.5 17,787 20,093
De Baca County R+26.8 R+30.4 R+3.6 982 1,044
Lea County R+44.2 R+44.2 Even 14,256 18,645
Quay County R+21.3 R+20.5 D+0.8 3,844 3,996
Chaves County R+27.8 R+24.6 D+3.2 18,149 22,112
Union County R+46.5 R+42.2 D+4.3 1,755 1,742
Roosevelt County R+35.4 R+29.9 D+5.5 5,651 6,720
San Juan County R+27.2 R+21.1 D+6.1 34,657 46,511
Curry County R+40.4 R+34.2 D+6.2 11,969 14,438
Hidalgo County flipped R+6.3 D+2.9 D+9.2 1,834 1,951
Colfax County D+1.0 D+10.8 D+9.8 5,461 6,384
Harding County R+25.6 R+15.7 D+9.9 593 626
Cibola County D+19.4 D+29.7 D+10.3 7,088 9,097
Otero County R+29.6 R+19.2 D+10.4 16,204 21,766
Sierra County R+22.5 R+12.1 D+10.4 4,586 5,485
Lincoln County R+35.9 R+25.4 D+10.5 6,772 9,696
Guadalupe County D+32.0 D+42.7 D+10.7 1,651 2,196
McKinley County D+32.8 D+43.9 D+11.1 15,879 23,207
Torrance County R+20.6 R+9.3 D+11.3 4,960 6,941
Luna County flipped R+6.3 D+5.3 D+11.6 6,612 8,340
Doña Ana County D+5.7 D+17.6 D+11.9 46,653 69,280
Rio Arriba County D+38.6 D+50.9 D+12.3 12,097 16,940
Valencia County flipped R+4.6 D+7.7 D+12.3 21,377 28,899
San Miguel County D+47.2 D+60.6 D+13.4 9,161 12,941
Grant County D+6.4 D+19.9 D+13.5 11,241 13,755
Sandoval County flipped R+1.7 D+12.7 D+14.4 31,755 58,630
Santa Fe County D+36.5 D+55.0 D+18.5 49,471 72,223
Catron County R+53.8 R+34.8 D+19.0 1,711 2,112
Bernalillo County D+2.1 D+21.3 D+19.2 204,319 285,778
Socorro County D+1.8 D+21.1 D+19.3 6,826 7,895
Los Alamos County flipped R+14.4 D+6.9 D+21.3 10,218 11,069
Mora County D+36.0 D+58.0 D+22.0 2,191 2,760
Taos County D+39.4 D+64.8 D+25.4 10,895 16,886

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data