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New Mexico 2008 vs 2012: county swing

28 of 33 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Bernalillo County: swing R+5.0Cibola County: swing R+5.9Eddy County: swing R+7.8Lincoln County: swing R+7.3Los Alamos County: swing R+3.2San Juan County: swing R+7.0Socorro County: swing R+2.5Colfax County: swing R+8.5Guadalupe County: swing D+0.9Harding County: swing D+4.6Lea County: swing R+5.5Mora County: swing R+5.9Rio Arriba County: swing D+1.7Roosevelt County: swing R+8.9Sandoval County: swing R+7.4Santa Fe County: swing R+3.9Torrance County: swing R+7.9Valencia County: swing R+5.3Doña Ana County: swing R+2.8Grant County: swing R+6.4Quay County: swing R+1.6Union County: swing R+1.3De Baca County: swing R+2.8San Miguel County: swing R+3.7Sierra County: swing R+6.8Taos County: swing R+4.5Hidalgo County: swing D+2.0Luna County: swing R+6.4McKinley County: swing D+3.0Otero County: swing R+8.9Catron County: swing R+9.2Chaves County: swing R+7.4Curry County: swing R+4.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Catron County R+34.8 R+44.0 R+9.2 2,112 2,123
Otero County R+19.2 R+28.1 R+8.9 21,766 20,012
Roosevelt County R+29.9 R+38.8 R+8.9 6,720 5,969
Colfax County D+10.8 D+2.3 R+8.5 6,384 5,764
Torrance County R+9.3 R+17.2 R+7.9 6,941 6,402
Eddy County R+25.6 R+33.4 R+7.8 20,093 19,269
Chaves County R+24.6 R+32.0 R+7.4 22,112 20,292
Sandoval County D+12.7 D+5.3 R+7.4 58,630 54,079
Lincoln County R+25.4 R+32.7 R+7.3 9,696 9,242
San Juan County R+21.1 R+28.1 R+7.0 46,511 46,237
Sierra County R+12.1 R+18.9 R+6.8 5,485 5,102
Grant County D+19.9 D+13.5 R+6.4 13,755 12,902
Luna County flipped D+5.3 R+1.1 R+6.4 8,340 7,500
Cibola County D+29.7 D+23.8 R+5.9 9,097 8,243
Mora County D+58.0 D+52.1 R+5.9 2,760 2,611
Lea County R+44.2 R+49.7 R+5.5 18,645 17,015
Valencia County D+7.7 D+2.4 R+5.3 28,899 27,728
Bernalillo County D+21.3 D+16.3 R+5.0 285,778 270,969
Taos County D+64.8 D+60.3 R+4.5 16,886 15,339
Curry County R+34.2 R+38.4 R+4.2 14,438 13,625
Santa Fe County D+55.0 D+51.1 R+3.9 72,223 69,245
San Miguel County D+60.6 D+56.9 R+3.7 12,941 11,509
Los Alamos County D+6.9 D+3.7 R+3.2 11,069 10,654
De Baca County R+30.4 R+33.2 R+2.8 1,044 902
Doña Ana County D+17.6 D+14.8 R+2.8 69,280 66,423
Socorro County D+21.1 D+18.6 R+2.5 7,895 7,193
Quay County R+20.5 R+22.1 R+1.6 3,996 3,707
Union County R+42.2 R+43.5 R+1.3 1,742 1,759
Guadalupe County D+42.7 D+43.6 D+0.9 2,196 2,135
Rio Arriba County D+50.9 D+52.6 D+1.7 16,940 15,343
Hidalgo County D+2.9 D+4.9 D+2.0 1,951 1,935
McKinley County D+43.9 D+46.9 D+3.0 23,207 21,929
Harding County R+15.7 R+11.1 D+4.6 626 601

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