New Mexico · 2020 presidential election
New Mexico presidential election results 2020
Joseph R. Biden carried New Mexico by 10.79 points (99,720 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 5
- Votes counted
- 923,965
- NM result
- D+10.8
- Compared with the nation
- 6.3 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2016
- 2.6 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 501,614 | 54.29% | 5 | |
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 401,894 | 43.50% | — | |
| Others | Others | 20,457 | 2.21% | — | |
| Total votes | 923,965 | ||||
Sources: nm-2020.pdf · 2020
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | 193,757 | 116,135 | 7,698 | 317,590 | 24.4 |
| Catron County | 595 | 1,698 | 33 | 2,326 | 47.4 |
| Chaves County | 6,381 | 15,656 | 406 | 22,443 | 41.3 |
| Cibola County | 4,745 | 3,975 | 183 | 8,903 | 8.6 |
| Colfax County | 2,611 | 3,271 | 134 | 6,016 | 11.0 |
| Curry County | 4,307 | 10,444 | 350 | 15,101 | 40.6 |
| De Baca County | 231 | 656 | 14 | 901 | 47.2 |
| Doña Ana County | 47,957 | 32,802 | 1,882 | 82,641 | 18.3 |
| Eddy County | 5,424 | 17,454 | 344 | 23,222 | 51.8 |
| Grant County | 7,590 | 6,553 | 292 | 14,435 | 7.2 |
| Guadalupe County | 1,234 | 917 | 38 | 2,189 | 14.5 |
| Harding County | 179 | 319 | 7 | 505 | 27.7 |
| Hidalgo County | 823 | 1,120 | 31 | 1,974 | 15.0 |
| Lea County | 4,061 | 16,531 | 326 | 20,918 | 59.6 |
| Lincoln County | 3,194 | 6,942 | 170 | 10,306 | 36.4 |
| Los Alamos County | 7,554 | 4,278 | 461 | 12,293 | 26.6 |
| Luna County | 3,563 | 4,408 | 132 | 8,103 | 10.4 |
| McKinley County | 18,029 | 7,801 | 656 | 26,486 | 38.6 |
| Mora County | 1,745 | 903 | 38 | 2,686 | 31.3 |
| Otero County | 8,485 | 14,521 | 565 | 23,571 | 25.6 |
| Quay County | 1,170 | 2,634 | 69 | 3,873 | 37.8 |
| Rio Arriba County | 10,990 | 5,408 | 230 | 16,628 | 33.6 |
| Roosevelt County | 1,802 | 4,634 | 172 | 6,608 | 42.9 |
| San Juan County | 18,083 | 32,874 | 1,337 | 52,294 | 28.3 |
| San Miguel County | 7,888 | 3,421 | 222 | 11,531 | 38.7 |
| Sandoval County | 40,588 | 34,174 | 1,800 | 76,562 | 8.4 |
| Santa Fe County | 62,530 | 18,329 | 1,368 | 82,227 | 53.8 |
| Sierra County | 2,265 | 3,542 | 138 | 5,945 | 21.5 |
| Socorro County | 3,722 | 3,255 | 183 | 7,160 | 6.5 |
| Taos County | 13,121 | 3,715 | 345 | 17,181 | 54.7 |
| Torrance County | 2,344 | 4,772 | 165 | 7,281 | 33.3 |
| Union County | 383 | 1,388 | 18 | 1,789 | 56.2 |
| Valencia County | 14,263 | 17,364 | 650 | 32,277 | 9.6 |
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: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 6 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH R BIDEN AND KAMALA D HARRIS | — | 501,614 | 54.29% |
| DONALD J TRUMP AND MIKE PENCE | — | 401,894 | 43.50% |
| JO JORGENSEN AND JEREMY "SPIKE" COHEN | — | 12,585 | 1.36% |
| HOWIE HAWKINS AND ANGELA NICOLE WALKER | — | 4,426 | 0.48% |
| SHEILA "SAMM" TITTLE AND DAVID CARL SANDIGE | — | 1,806 | 0.20% |
| GLORIA LA RIVA AND SUNIL FREEMAN | — | 1,640 | 0.18% |
| Total as printed | 923,965 | ||
Notes on how this document was read
- Ticket names wrap over two lines on the page; labels join both lines.
Method: page image read by Apple Vision (lines), Tesseract (words) and RapidOCR (lines); a number is kept when two engines read the same digits in the same place
Certificate of Ascertainment
The governor’s certificate naming New Mexico’s electors was signed on the 24th day of November, 2020. Open the certificate (PDF, 1 page)
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Questions and answers
Who won New Mexico in 2020?
Joseph R. Biden won New Mexico by 10.79 percentage points (99,720 votes).
How many electoral votes did New Mexico have in 2020?
New Mexico cast 5 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in New Mexico in 2020?
923,965 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in New Mexico in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 19, Joseph R. Biden 14 (out of 33 counties with results).
How did New Mexico change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 2.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 8.2 points to Democratic by 10.8 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data