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New Mexico 2000 vs 2012: county swing

7 of 33 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Bernalillo County: swing D+14.2Cibola County: swing D+4.4Eddy County: swing R+15.3Lincoln County: swing D+3.2Los Alamos County: swing D+18.1San Juan County: swing R+0.9Socorro County: swing D+16.8Colfax County: swing D+1.3Guadalupe County: swing D+11.6Harding County: swing D+14.5Lea County: swing R+5.5Mora County: swing D+16.1Rio Arriba County: swing D+14.0Roosevelt County: swing R+3.4Sandoval County: swing D+7.0Santa Fe County: swing D+14.6Torrance County: swing D+3.4Valencia County: swing D+7.0Doña Ana County: swing D+9.1Grant County: swing D+7.1Quay County: swing R+0.8Union County: swing D+3.0De Baca County: swing R+6.4San Miguel County: swing D+9.7Sierra County: swing D+3.6Taos County: swing D+20.9Hidalgo County: swing D+11.2Luna County: swing D+5.2McKinley County: swing D+14.1Otero County: swing D+1.5Catron County: swing D+9.8Chaves County: swing R+4.2Curry County: swing D+2.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Eddy County R+18.1 R+33.4 R+15.3 17,787 19,269
De Baca County R+26.8 R+33.2 R+6.4 982 902
Lea County R+44.2 R+49.7 R+5.5 14,256 17,015
Chaves County R+27.8 R+32.0 R+4.2 18,149 20,292
Roosevelt County R+35.4 R+38.8 R+3.4 5,651 5,969
San Juan County R+27.2 R+28.1 R+0.9 34,657 46,237
Quay County R+21.3 R+22.1 R+0.8 3,844 3,707
Colfax County D+1.0 D+2.3 D+1.3 5,461 5,764
Otero County R+29.6 R+28.1 D+1.5 16,204 20,012
Curry County R+40.4 R+38.4 D+2.0 11,969 13,625
Union County R+46.5 R+43.5 D+3.0 1,755 1,759
Lincoln County R+35.9 R+32.7 D+3.2 6,772 9,242
Torrance County R+20.6 R+17.2 D+3.4 4,960 6,402
Sierra County R+22.5 R+18.9 D+3.6 4,586 5,102
Cibola County D+19.4 D+23.8 D+4.4 7,088 8,243
Luna County R+6.3 R+1.1 D+5.2 6,612 7,500
Sandoval County flipped R+1.7 D+5.3 D+7.0 31,755 54,079
Valencia County flipped R+4.6 D+2.4 D+7.0 21,377 27,728
Grant County D+6.4 D+13.5 D+7.1 11,241 12,902
Doña Ana County D+5.7 D+14.8 D+9.1 46,653 66,423
San Miguel County D+47.2 D+56.9 D+9.7 9,161 11,509
Catron County R+53.8 R+44.0 D+9.8 1,711 2,123
Hidalgo County flipped R+6.3 D+4.9 D+11.2 1,834 1,935
Guadalupe County D+32.0 D+43.6 D+11.6 1,651 2,135
Rio Arriba County D+38.6 D+52.6 D+14.0 12,097 15,343
McKinley County D+32.8 D+46.9 D+14.1 15,879 21,929
Bernalillo County D+2.1 D+16.3 D+14.2 204,319 270,969
Harding County R+25.6 R+11.1 D+14.5 593 601
Santa Fe County D+36.5 D+51.1 D+14.6 49,471 69,245
Mora County D+36.0 D+52.1 D+16.1 2,191 2,611
Socorro County D+1.8 D+18.6 D+16.8 6,826 7,193
Los Alamos County flipped R+14.4 D+3.7 D+18.1 10,218 10,654
Taos County D+39.4 D+60.3 D+20.9 10,895 15,339

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