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New Mexico 2008 vs 2016: county swing

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

Bernalillo County: swing R+3.6Cibola County: swing R+22.9Eddy County: swing R+15.6Lincoln County: swing R+14.6Los Alamos County: swing D+13.3San Juan County: swing R+11.6Socorro County: swing R+11.0Colfax County: swing R+19.4Guadalupe County: swing R+22.2Harding County: swing R+13.7Lea County: swing R+4.1Mora County: swing R+22.3Rio Arriba County: swing R+10.6Roosevelt County: swing R+11.0Sandoval County: swing R+9.8Santa Fe County: swing R+4.0Torrance County: swing R+21.2Valencia County: swing R+16.3Doña Ana County: swing D+0.2Grant County: swing R+12.2Quay County: swing R+12.9Union County: swing R+10.4De Baca County: swing R+16.5San Miguel County: swing R+14.3Sierra County: swing R+14.9Taos County: swing R+12.8Hidalgo County: swing R+9.6Luna County: swing R+9.2McKinley County: swing R+4.8Otero County: swing R+9.6Catron County: swing R+15.8Chaves County: swing R+11.6Curry County: swing R+10.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Cibola County D+29.7 D+6.8 R+22.9 9,097 8,063
Mora County D+58.0 D+35.7 R+22.3 2,760 2,441
Guadalupe County D+42.7 D+20.5 R+22.2 2,196 1,827
Torrance County R+9.3 R+30.5 R+21.2 6,941 6,324
Colfax County flipped D+10.8 R+8.6 R+19.4 6,384 5,332
De Baca County R+30.4 R+46.9 R+16.5 1,044 910
Valencia County flipped D+7.7 R+8.6 R+16.3 28,899 27,592
Catron County R+34.8 R+50.6 R+15.8 2,112 2,049
Eddy County R+25.6 R+41.2 R+15.6 20,093 19,667
Sierra County R+12.1 R+27.0 R+14.9 5,485 5,181
Lincoln County R+25.4 R+40.0 R+14.6 9,696 8,902
San Miguel County D+60.6 D+46.3 R+14.3 12,941 10,751
Harding County R+15.7 R+29.4 R+13.7 626 527
Quay County R+20.5 R+33.4 R+12.9 3,996 3,572
Taos County D+64.8 D+52.0 R+12.8 16,886 15,260
Grant County D+19.9 D+7.7 R+12.2 13,755 12,811
Chaves County R+24.6 R+36.2 R+11.6 22,112 20,271
San Juan County R+21.1 R+32.7 R+11.6 46,511 46,110
Roosevelt County R+29.9 R+40.9 R+11.0 6,720 5,950
Socorro County D+21.1 D+10.1 R+11.0 7,895 6,868
Rio Arriba County D+50.9 D+40.3 R+10.6 16,940 14,878
Union County R+42.2 R+52.6 R+10.4 1,742 1,702
Curry County R+34.2 R+44.3 R+10.1 14,438 13,370
Sandoval County D+12.7 D+2.9 R+9.8 58,630 61,690
Hidalgo County flipped D+2.9 R+6.7 R+9.6 1,951 1,872
Otero County R+19.2 R+28.8 R+9.6 21,766 20,060
Luna County flipped D+5.3 R+3.9 R+9.2 8,340 7,295
McKinley County D+43.9 D+39.1 R+4.8 23,207 21,703
Lea County R+44.2 R+48.3 R+4.1 18,645 17,712
Santa Fe County D+55.0 D+51.0 R+4.0 72,223 71,434
Bernalillo County D+21.3 D+17.7 R+3.6 285,778 274,662
Doña Ana County D+17.6 D+17.8 D+0.2 69,280 70,648
Los Alamos County D+6.9 D+20.2 D+13.3 11,069 10,885

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