New Mexico · 2008 presidential election
New Mexico presidential election results 2008
Barack Obama carried New Mexico by 15.13 points (125,590 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 5
- Votes counted
- 830,158
- NM result
- D+15.1
- Compared with the nation
- 7.9 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2004
- 15.9 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 472,422 | 56.90% | 5 | |
| John McCain | Republican | 346,832 | 41.80% | — | |
| Total votes | 830,158 | ||||
Sources: 2008
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Barack Obama | John McCain | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo | 171,556 | 110,521 | 3,701 | 285,778 | 21.4 |
| Catron | 664 | 1,398 | 50 | 2,112 | 34.8 |
| Chaves | 8,197 | 13,651 | 264 | 22,112 | 24.7 |
| Cibola | 5,827 | 3,131 | 139 | 9,097 | 29.6 |
| Colfax | 3,490 | 2,805 | 89 | 6,384 | 10.7 |
| Curry | 4,670 | 9,599 | 169 | 14,438 | 34.1 |
| De Baca | 359 | 676 | 9 | 1,044 | 30.4 |
| Dona Ana | 40,282 | 28,068 | 930 | 69,280 | 17.6 |
| Eddy | 7,351 | 12,500 | 242 | 20,093 | 25.6 |
| Grant | 8,142 | 5,406 | 207 | 13,755 | 19.9 |
| Guadalupe | 1,557 | 620 | 19 | 2,196 | 42.7 |
| Harding | 260 | 358 | 8 | 626 | 15.7 |
| Hidalgo | 993 | 936 | 22 | 1,951 | 2.9 |
| Lea | 5,108 | 13,347 | 190 | 18,645 | 44.2 |
| Lincoln | 3,535 | 6,001 | 160 | 9,696 | 25.4 |
| Los Alamos | 5,824 | 5,064 | 181 | 11,069 | 6.9 |
| Luna | 4,311 | 3,870 | 159 | 8,340 | 5.3 |
| McKinley | 16,572 | 6,382 | 253 | 23,207 | 43.9 |
| Mora | 2,168 | 569 | 23 | 2,760 | 57.9 |
| Otero | 8,610 | 12,806 | 350 | 21,766 | 19.3 |
| Quay | 1,547 | 2,367 | 82 | 3,996 | 20.5 |
| Rio Arriba | 12,703 | 4,086 | 151 | 16,940 | 50.9 |
| Roosevelt | 2,303 | 4,311 | 106 | 6,720 | 29.9 |
| San Juan | 18,028 | 27,869 | 614 | 46,511 | 21.2 |
| San Miguel | 10,320 | 2,478 | 143 | 12,941 | 60.6 |
| Sandoval | 32,669 | 25,193 | 768 | 58,630 | 12.8 |
| Santa Fe | 55,567 | 15,807 | 849 | 72,223 | 55.1 |
| Sierra | 2,352 | 3,017 | 116 | 5,485 | 12.1 |
| Socorro | 4,696 | 3,032 | 167 | 7,895 | 21.1 |
| Taos | 13,816 | 2,866 | 204 | 16,886 | 64.8 |
| Torrance | 3,087 | 3,735 | 119 | 6,941 | 9.3 |
| Union | 492 | 1,227 | 23 | 1,742 | 42.2 |
| Valencia | 15,366 | 13,136 | 397 | 28,899 | 7.7 |
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 2008?
Barack Obama won New Mexico by 15.13 percentage points (125,590 votes).
How many electoral votes did New Mexico have in 2008?
New Mexico cast 5 electoral votes in 2008.
How many people voted for president in New Mexico in 2008?
830,158 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in New Mexico in 2008?
Barack Obama 18, John McCain 15 (out of 33 counties with results).
How did New Mexico change from 2004 to 2008?
The margin moved 15.9 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 0.8 points to Democratic by 15.1 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data