Roswell, NM · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Chaves County, New Mexico. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Roswell, NM, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+26.8
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+44.8
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 18 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Roswell, NM in Roswell, NM: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−353
2012
−215
2013
−138
2014
−505
2015
−390
2016
−503
2017
−828
2018
−748
2019
−148
2021
−482
2022
−812
2023
−409
2024
−199
2025
−325
Roswell anchors a southeastern New Mexico economy driven by oil and agriculture, producing a reliably Republican-leaning electorate in statewide contests even as the city's Hispanic population has grown steadily over recent decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.5 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 47.7 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.8 points.
A population of 64,217, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,938 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hobbs, NM and Hereford, TX.
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In 2024, Roswell, NM, New Mexico voted Republican by 44.8 points (R+44.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 22,200 votes cast, 5,941 went Democratic and 15,894 went Republican.
When did Roswell, NM, New Mexico last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Roswell, NM, New Mexico voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Roswell, NM, New Mexico?
Roswell, NM, New Mexico has a population of 64,217 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Roswell, NM, New Mexico?
Median household income in Roswell, NM, New Mexico is $52,938 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Roswell, NM, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Roswell, NM, New Mexico from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 19 went Republican.
