New Mexico · 2004 presidential election
New Mexico presidential election results 2004
George W. Bush carried New Mexico by 0.79 points (5,988 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 5
- Votes counted
- 756,304
- NM result
- R+0.8
- Compared with the nation
- 1.6 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2000
- 0.9 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | Republican | 376,930 | 49.80% | 5 | |
| John Kerry | Democratic | 370,942 | 49.00% | — | |
| Total votes | 756,304 | ||||
Sources: 2004
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | John Kerry | George W. Bush | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo | 132,252 | 121,454 | 3,105 | 256,811 | 4.2 |
| Catron | 551 | 1,427 | 15 | 1,993 | 44.0 |
| Chaves | 6,726 | 14,773 | 206 | 21,705 | 37.1 |
| Cibola | 3,913 | 3,477 | 97 | 7,487 | 5.8 |
| Colfax | 2,824 | 3,082 | 62 | 5,968 | 4.3 |
| Curry | 3,541 | 10,649 | 96 | 14,286 | 49.8 |
| De Baca | 281 | 706 | 6 | 993 | 42.8 |
| Dona Ana | 31,762 | 29,548 | 650 | 61,960 | 3.6 |
| Eddy | 6,880 | 13,268 | 122 | 20,270 | 31.5 |
| Grant | 7,095 | 6,135 | 162 | 13,392 | 7.2 |
| Guadalupe | 1,340 | 914 | 13 | 2,267 | 18.8 |
| Harding | 259 | 380 | 5 | 644 | 18.8 |
| Hidalgo | 861 | 1,081 | 22 | 1,964 | 11.2 |
| Lea | 3,646 | 14,430 | 105 | 18,181 | 59.3 |
| Lincoln | 2,822 | 6,070 | 122 | 9,014 | 36.0 |
| Los Alamos | 5,206 | 5,810 | 181 | 11,197 | 5.4 |
| Luna | 3,340 | 4,164 | 89 | 7,593 | 10.9 |
| McKinley | 13,051 | 7,351 | 221 | 20,623 | 27.6 |
| Mora | 1,876 | 928 | 22 | 2,826 | 33.5 |
| Otero | 6,433 | 14,066 | 265 | 20,764 | 36.8 |
| Quay | 1,422 | 2,661 | 34 | 4,117 | 30.1 |
| Rio Arriba | 9,753 | 5,149 | 97 | 14,999 | 30.7 |
| Roosevelt | 2,082 | 4,997 | 65 | 7,144 | 40.8 |
| San Juan | 14,843 | 29,525 | 638 | 45,006 | 32.6 |
| San Miguel | 8,683 | 3,313 | 120 | 12,116 | 44.3 |
| Sandoval | 21,421 | 22,628 | 492 | 44,541 | 2.7 |
| Santa Fe | 47,074 | 18,466 | 660 | 66,200 | 43.2 |
| Sierra | 1,926 | 3,162 | 69 | 5,157 | 24.0 |
| Socorro | 4,025 | 3,696 | 130 | 7,851 | 4.2 |
| Taos | 10,987 | 3,666 | 182 | 14,835 | 49.3 |
| Torrance | 2,386 | 4,026 | 95 | 6,507 | 25.2 |
| Union | 411 | 1,454 | 16 | 1,881 | 55.4 |
| Valencia | 11,270 | 14,474 | 268 | 26,012 | 12.3 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won New Mexico in 2004?
George W. Bush won New Mexico by 0.79 percentage points (5,988 votes).
How many electoral votes did New Mexico have in 2004?
New Mexico cast 5 electoral votes in 2004.
How many people voted for president in New Mexico in 2004?
756,304 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in New Mexico in 2004?
George W. Bush 21, John Kerry 12 (out of 33 counties with results).
How did New Mexico change from 2000 to 2004?
The margin moved 0.9 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 0.1 points to Republican by 0.8 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data