Socorro County, New Mexico
Precinct data
Results by precinct
53 precincts · 7,106 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -000008000008 | 346 | 294 | 16 | 656 | 52.7% | 44.8% | D+7.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -000003000003 | 404 | 225 | 15 | 644 | 62.7% | 34.9% | D+27.8 |
| Precinct -000015000015 | 226 | 293 | 7 | 526 | 43.0% | 55.7% | R+12.7 |
| Precinct -000018000018 | 251 | 246 | 6 | 503 | 49.9% | 48.9% | D+1.0 |
| Precinct -000011000011 | 162 | 319 | 6 | 487 | 33.3% | 65.5% | R+32.2 |
| Precinct -000027000027 | 170 | 292 | 0 | 462 | 36.8% | 63.2% | R+26.4 |
| Precinct -000013000013 | 188 | 269 | 0 | 457 | 41.1% | 58.9% | R+17.7 |
| Precinct -000002000002 | 284 | 155 | 0 | 439 | 64.7% | 35.3% | D+29.4 |
| Precinct -000001000001 | 225 | 169 | 8 | 402 | 56.0% | 42.0% | D+13.9 |
| Precinct -000019000019 | 147 | 219 | 9 | 375 | 39.2% | 58.4% | R+19.2 |
| Precinct -000006000006 | 158 | 146 | 9 | 313 | 50.5% | 46.6% | D+3.8 |
| Precinct -000020000020 | 117 | 128 | 0 | 245 | 47.8% | 52.2% | R+4.5 |
| Precinct -000014000014 | 82 | 147 | 0 | 229 | 35.8% | 64.2% | R+28.4 |
| Precinct -000004000004 | 92 | 114 | 0 | 206 | 44.7% | 55.3% | R+10.7 |
| Precinct -000024000024 | 90 | 116 | 0 | 206 | 43.7% | 56.3% | R+12.6 |
| Precinct -000005000005 | 93 | 97 | 0 | 190 | 48.9% | 51.1% | R+2.1 |
| Precinct -000010000010 | 70 | 47 | 0 | 117 | 59.8% | 40.2% | D+19.7 |
| Precinct -000023000023 | 39 | 55 | 0 | 94 | 41.5% | 58.5% | R+17.0 |
| Precinct -000025000025 | 46 | 48 | 0 | 94 | 48.9% | 51.1% | R+2.1 |
| Precinct -000007000007 | 52 | 29 | 0 | 81 | 64.2% | 35.8% | D+28.4 |
| Precinct -000016000016 | 27 | 49 | 0 | 76 | 35.5% | 64.5% | R+28.9 |
| Precinct -000017000017 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 68 | 42.6% | 57.4% | R+14.7 |
| Precinct -000009000009 | 15 | 47 | 0 | 62 | 24.2% | 75.8% | R+51.6 |
| Precinct -000022000022 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 60 | 40.0% | 60.0% | R+20.0 |
| Precinct -000021000021 | 24 | 28 | 0 | 52 | 46.2% | 53.8% | R+7.7 |
| Precinct -000026000026 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 42.9% | 57.1% | R+14.3 |
| Precinct -000012000012 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
| Socorro County Precinct 135_350531 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1035_3505310 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1135_3505311 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1235_3505312 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1335_3505313 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1435_3505314 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1535_3505315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1635_3505316 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1735_3505317 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1835_3505318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 1935_3505319 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 235_350532 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2035_3505320 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2135_3505321 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2235_3505322 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2335_3505323 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2435_3505324 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2535_3505325 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 2635_3505326 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 335_350533 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 435_350534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 535_350535 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 635_350536 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 735_350537 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 835_350538 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Socorro County Precinct 935_350539 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1912–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1912 | +5.1% |
| 1916 | −11.2% |
| 1920 | −26.9% |
| 1924 | −28.9% |
| 1928 | −10.7% |
| 1932 | +12.7% |
| 1936 | −1.1% |
| 1940 | −4.1% |
| 1944 | −1.6% |
| 1948 | −12.9% |
| 1952 | −11.2% |
| 1956 | −23.1% |
| 1960 | +12.9% |
| 1964 | +14.9% |
| 1968 | −8.4% |
| 1972 | −14.0% |
| 1976 | +6.9% |
| 1980 | −8.5% |
| 1984 | −14.3% |
| 1988 | −2.5% |
| 1992 | +11.9% |
| 1996 | +16.6% |
| 2000 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | +4.2% |
| 2008 | +21.1% |
| 2012 | +18.6% |
| 2016 | +10.1% |
| 2020 | +6.5% |
| 2024 | −3.7% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Socorro County, NM registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 12-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
11,055 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
−65 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,412 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $39,112 in average income, against $51,390 for residents who stayed — 24% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+5.5 on average — 9.2 points more Democratic-leaning than Socorro County, NM itself (R+3.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Bernalillo County, NM87D+21.0
- Valencia County, NM62R+16.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Bernalillo County, NM98
- Valencia County, NM78
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 | −132 |
| 2012 | −367 |
| 2013 | −87 |
| 2014 | −328 |
| 2015 | −188 |
| 2016 | −262 |
| 2017 | −175 |
| 2018 | −230 |
| 2019 | −142 |
| 2021 | −190 |
| 2022 | −114 |
| 2023 | −92 |
| 2024 | −40 |
| 2025 | −65 |
Socorro County, anchored by the city of Socorro and New Mexico Tech, shifted to the Republican column by 3.7 points in 2024 after voting Democratic in prior presidential cycles — a swing reflecting broader rural realignment in the state's Hispanic-majority counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.1 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 28.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 10.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.7 points.
A population of 16,200, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $36,570 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Guadalupe County and Costilla County.
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Socorro County, New Mexico. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/35053/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.