Sierra County, New Mexico
Precinct data
Results by precinct
21 precincts · 5,867 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -000002000002 | 259 | 582 | 6 | 847 | 30.6% | 68.7% | R+38.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -000012000012 | 409 | 407 | 17 | 833 | 49.1% | 48.9% | D+0.2 |
| Precinct -000001000001 | 284 | 423 | 8 | 715 | 39.7% | 59.2% | R+19.4 |
| Precinct -000011000011 | 276 | 308 | 16 | 600 | 46.0% | 51.3% | R+5.3 |
| Precinct -000008000008 | 243 | 314 | 6 | 563 | 43.2% | 55.8% | R+12.6 |
| Precinct -000007000007 | 300 | 247 | 0 | 547 | 54.8% | 45.2% | D+9.7 |
| Precinct -000010000010 | 143 | 359 | 9 | 511 | 28.0% | 70.3% | R+42.3 |
| Precinct -000004000004 | 127 | 275 | 0 | 402 | 31.6% | 68.4% | R+36.8 |
| Precinct -000005000005 | 84 | 252 | 0 | 336 | 25.0% | 75.0% | R+50.0 |
| Precinct -000003000003 | 55 | 185 | 0 | 240 | 22.9% | 77.1% | R+54.2 |
| Precinct -000006000006 | 137 | 46 | 0 | 183 | 74.9% | 25.1% | D+49.7 |
| Precinct -000009000009 | 15 | 75 | 0 | 90 | 16.7% | 83.3% | R+66.7 |
| Sierra County Precinct 135_350511 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 235_350512 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 335_350513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 435_350514 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 535_350515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 635_350516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 735_350517 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 835_350518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sierra County Precinct 935_350519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1912 | +28.2% |
| 1916 | +3.4% |
| 1920 | −14.5% |
| 1924 | −6.6% |
| 1928 | −7.7% |
| 1932 | +38.4% |
| 1936 | +24.8% |
| 1940 | +5.6% |
| 1944 | −4.9% |
| 1948 | +4.3% |
| 1952 | −27.4% |
| 1956 | −30.6% |
| 1960 | −21.5% |
| 1964 | +4.2% |
| 1968 | −24.4% |
| 1972 | −37.1% |
| 1976 | −3.1% |
| 1980 | −29.6% |
| 1984 | −32.9% |
| 1988 | −21.9% |
| 1992 | +4.7% |
| 1996 | +0.3% |
| 2000 | −22.5% |
| 2004 | −24.0% |
| 2008 | −12.1% |
| 2012 | −18.9% |
| 2016 | −27.0% |
| 2020 | −21.5% |
| 2024 | −19.2% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 0.7 points.
8,498 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+162 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +808 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,110 in average income, against $45,690 for residents who stayed — 5% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+13.1 on average — 32 points more Democratic-leaning than Sierra County, NM itself (R+19.2).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Doña Ana County, NM69D+9.8
- Bernalillo County, NM29D+21.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Doña Ana County, NM45
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +123 |
| 2012 | −7 |
| 2013 | −188 |
| 2014 | −119 |
| 2015 | +76 |
| 2016 | +49 |
| 2017 | +119 |
| 2018 | +14 |
| 2019 | −20 |
| 2021 | +184 |
| 2022 | +170 |
| 2023 | +214 |
| 2024 | +31 |
| 2025 | +162 |
Sierra County's roughly 13,000 residents are spread across high desert and mountain terrain along the Rio Grande, and it has delivered Republican presidential margins in the high teens to low twenties in each of the last three cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.4 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 37.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.2 points.
A population of 11,500, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $41,600 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of La Paz County and Plumas County.
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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Sierra County, New Mexico. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/35051/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.