2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico information
Election in New Mexico
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2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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November 8, 2016
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Turnout
62.36%[1]
Nominee
Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump
Gary Johnson
Party
Democratic
Republican
Libertarian
Home state
New York
New York
New Mexico
Running mate
Tim Kaine
Mike Pence
Bill Weld
Electoral vote
5
0
0
Popular vote
385,234
319,667
74,541
Percentage
48.26%
40.04%
9.34%
County Results
Clinton
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Trump
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
President before election
Barack Obama
Democratic
Elected President
Donald Trump
Republican
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by county
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The 2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New Mexico voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. New Mexico has five electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Clinton won the state of New Mexico with a plurality, by a margin of 8.2 percentage points. The state had long been considered leaning Democratic, or a state Clinton would win, due to its large population of Hispanic/Latino and Native American voters. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson achieved 9% in his home state, his best performance of any state, and the Libertarian Party's best performance in any single state since Ed Clark received 11.66% of the vote in Alaska in 1980.[3] Johnson's result was also the best result for a third party or independent candidate in New Mexico since Ross Perot's campaign in 1992.
This is the third time since 1912, when New Mexico attained statehood, that the state voted for a candidate who did not win the Electoral College, the other instances being 1976 and 2000. However, in this election and in 2000, the state did vote for the winner of the popular vote. Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Los Alamos County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, as well as the first to do so without carrying Sandoval County since Richard Nixon in 1968.
^"Official Results - General Election - November 8, 2016". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
^"Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. September 19, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^"2016 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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