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New Mexico 2012 vs 2016: county swing

29 of 33 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Bernalillo County: swing D+1.4Cibola County: swing R+17.0Eddy County: swing R+7.8Lincoln County: swing R+7.3Los Alamos County: swing D+16.5San Juan County: swing R+4.6Socorro County: swing R+8.5Colfax County: swing R+10.9Guadalupe County: swing R+23.1Harding County: swing R+18.3Lea County: swing D+1.4Mora County: swing R+16.4Rio Arriba County: swing R+12.3Roosevelt County: swing R+2.1Sandoval County: swing R+2.4Santa Fe County: swing R+0.1Torrance County: swing R+13.3Valencia County: swing R+11.0Doña Ana County: swing D+3.0Grant County: swing R+5.8Quay County: swing R+11.3Union County: swing R+9.1De Baca County: swing R+13.7San Miguel County: swing R+10.6Sierra County: swing R+8.1Taos County: swing R+8.3Hidalgo County: swing R+11.6Luna County: swing R+2.8McKinley County: swing R+7.8Otero County: swing R+0.7Catron County: swing R+6.6Chaves County: swing R+4.2Curry County: swing R+5.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Guadalupe County D+43.6 D+20.5 R+23.1 2,135 1,827
Harding County R+11.1 R+29.4 R+18.3 601 527
Cibola County D+23.8 D+6.8 R+17.0 8,243 8,063
Mora County D+52.1 D+35.7 R+16.4 2,611 2,441
De Baca County R+33.2 R+46.9 R+13.7 902 910
Torrance County R+17.2 R+30.5 R+13.3 6,402 6,324
Rio Arriba County D+52.6 D+40.3 R+12.3 15,343 14,878
Hidalgo County flipped D+4.9 R+6.7 R+11.6 1,935 1,872
Quay County R+22.1 R+33.4 R+11.3 3,707 3,572
Valencia County flipped D+2.4 R+8.6 R+11.0 27,728 27,592
Colfax County flipped D+2.3 R+8.6 R+10.9 5,764 5,332
San Miguel County D+56.9 D+46.3 R+10.6 11,509 10,751
Union County R+43.5 R+52.6 R+9.1 1,759 1,702
Socorro County D+18.6 D+10.1 R+8.5 7,193 6,868
Taos County D+60.3 D+52.0 R+8.3 15,339 15,260
Sierra County R+18.9 R+27.0 R+8.1 5,102 5,181
Eddy County R+33.4 R+41.2 R+7.8 19,269 19,667
McKinley County D+46.9 D+39.1 R+7.8 21,929 21,703
Lincoln County R+32.7 R+40.0 R+7.3 9,242 8,902
Catron County R+44.0 R+50.6 R+6.6 2,123 2,049
Curry County R+38.4 R+44.3 R+5.9 13,625 13,370
Grant County D+13.5 D+7.7 R+5.8 12,902 12,811
San Juan County R+28.1 R+32.7 R+4.6 46,237 46,110
Chaves County R+32.0 R+36.2 R+4.2 20,292 20,271
Luna County R+1.1 R+3.9 R+2.8 7,500 7,295
Sandoval County D+5.3 D+2.9 R+2.4 54,079 61,690
Roosevelt County R+38.8 R+40.9 R+2.1 5,969 5,950
Otero County R+28.1 R+28.8 R+0.7 20,012 20,060
Santa Fe County D+51.1 D+51.0 R+0.1 69,245 71,434
Bernalillo County D+16.3 D+17.7 D+1.4 270,969 274,662
Lea County R+49.7 R+48.3 D+1.4 17,015 17,712
Doña Ana County D+14.8 D+17.8 D+3.0 66,423 70,648
Los Alamos County D+3.7 D+20.2 D+16.5 10,654 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