Santa Fe, NM · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1912–2024 · 29 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
76.9%
55,567 votes · D+55.1
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 76.0%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
63.9%
3,060 votes · R+28.4
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 60.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
62,530votes
76.0% of the vote · D+53.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 61,405 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
20,457votes
24.4% of the vote · D+48.9
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 18,466 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+50.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.9 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +49.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+34.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+14.5 · U.S. D+19.5
Runner-up · Charles E. Hughes, 1916 · +16.2 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Santa Fe, 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: Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe, 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 · 2026D+43.9
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+48.9
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 5.0 points more Democratic than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Santa Fe, NM in Santa Fe, NM: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+166
2012
+225
2013
+132
2014
+79
2015
−18
2016
+482
2017
+551
2018
+231
2019
+542
2021
+617
2022
+333
2023
+130
2024
+385
2025
−147
Santa Fe, NM sits in the desert Southwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 28.4 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.9 points.
A population of 156,105, a 44% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,071 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Taos, NM and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA.
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The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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In 2024, Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico voted Democratic by 48.9 points (D+48.9), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 83,719 votes cast, 61,405 went Democratic and 20,457 went Republican.
When did Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico?
Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico has a population of 156,105 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico?
Median household income in Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico is $79,071 — below the national median of $80,734. The New Mexico state median is $64,059.
What is the political history of Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Santa Fe, NM, New Mexico from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.
