2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico


The 2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all fifty states and the District of Columbia participated. New Mexico voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote.
On June 7, 2016, New Mexico voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary, while voters who are unaffiliated were unable to vote.
Hillary Clinton won the state of New Mexico with a plurality, by a margin of 8.2 percentage points, carrying the state's five electoral votes. The state had long been considered leaning Democratic, or a state Hillary Clinton would win, due to its large population of Hispanic/Latino and Native American voters. 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. New Mexico voted for the electoral college runner-up in 1976 and 2000, however in this election and in 2000 New Mexico voted for the candidate who received the most votes. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson achieved 9% in his home state, his best performance of any state in the 2016 election and the Libertarian Party's best performance in any single state since Ed Clark received 11.66% of the vote in Alaska in 1980. Johnson's result was the best result for a third party or independent candidate in New Mexico since Ross Perot in 1992.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Four candidates appeared on the Democratic Party presidential primary ballot:
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
Donald Trump, the only candidate with an active campaign, won every delegate from New Mexico.

Polling

October 2, 2016
Albuquerque Journal November 5, 2016

Results

Results by county

Official results from New Mexico Secretary of States.

By congressional district

Clinton won 2 of 3 congressional districts.
DistrictTrumpClintonRepresentative
35%52%Michelle Lujan Grisham
50%40%Steve Pearce
37%52%Ben Ray Luján