New Mexico — 1996 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1996 presidential electionNew Mexico · PresidentClintonD+7.3
How it voted
Share of the 1996 vote
| Bill Clinton ✓Democratic | 49.2% | 273,495 |
|---|---|---|
| Bob DoleRepublican | 41.9% | 232,751 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 9.0% | 49,828 |
1996presidential margin
D+60R+60
33 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
New Mexico cast 5 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (33 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County, NM | Democratic | D+5.1 |
| Catron County, NM | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Chaves County, NM | Republican | R+16.1 |
| Cibola County, NM | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Colfax County, NM | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Curry County, NM | Republican | R+26.2 |
| De Baca County, NM | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Doña Ana County, NM | Democratic | D+12.0 |
| Eddy County, NM | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Grant County, NM | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Guadalupe County, NM | Democratic | D+44.5 |
| Harding County, NM | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Hidalgo County, NM | Democratic | D+7.9 |
| Lea County, NM | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Lincoln County, NM | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Los Alamos County, NM | Republican | R+10.2 |
| Luna County, NM | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| McKinley County, NM | Democratic | D+36.4 |
| Mora County, NM | Democratic | D+45.3 |
| Otero County, NM | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Quay County, NM | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Rio Arriba County, NM | Democratic | D+47.9 |
| Roosevelt County, NM | Republican | R+19.6 |
| San Juan County, NM | Republican | R+16.6 |
| San Miguel County, NM | Democratic | D+52.4 |
| Sandoval County, NM | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Santa Fe County, NM | Democratic | D+36.5 |
| Sierra County, NM | Democratic | D+0.3 |
| Socorro County, NM | Democratic | D+16.6 |
| Taos County, NM | Democratic | D+44.9 |
| Torrance County, NM | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Union County, NM | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Valencia County, NM | Democratic | D+7.5 |
New Mexico results by county
33 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernalillo County | Clinton, Bill+9,308 | 88,14048.3% | 78,83243.2% | 6,8633.8% | 182,543 |
| Catron County | Dole, Robert+500 | 42327.8% | 92360.6% | 644.2% | 1,524 |
| Chaves County | Dole, Robert+2,977 | 7,01437.9% | 9,99153.9% | 2431.3% | 18,519 |
| Cibola County | Clinton, Bill+1,785 | 4,03058.6% | 2,24532.6% | 1171.7% | 6,880 |
| Colfax County | Clinton, Bill+684 | 2,65951.5% | 1,97538.2% | 1212.3% | 5,166 |
| Curry County | Dole, Robert+3,262 | 4,11633.1% | 7,37859.3% | 1110.9% | 12,447 |
| De Baca County | Clinton, Bill+20 | 50946.6% | 48944.7% | 90.8% | 1,093 |
| Doña Ana County | Clinton, Bill+5,225 | 22,76652.3% | 17,54140.3% | 9882.3% | 43,564 |
| Eddy County | Clinton, Bill+425 | 8,95947.2% | 8,53444.9% | 2081.1% | 18,998 |
| Grant County | Clinton, Bill+1,867 | 5,86053.6% | 3,99336.5% | 2972.7% | 10,928 |
| Guadalupe County | Clinton, Bill+772 | 1,20869.6% | 43625.1% | 130.7% | 1,736 |
| Harding County | Dole, Robert+57 | 26442.9% | 32152.1% | 30.5% | 616 |
| Hidalgo County | Clinton, Bill+154 | 94348.3% | 78940.4% | 110.6% | 1,952 |
| Lea County | Dole, Robert+2,268 | 5,39336.8% | 7,66152.2% | 1471.0% | 14,666 |
| Lincoln County | Dole, Robert+1,187 | 2,20934.5% | 3,39653.0% | 1402.2% | 6,411 |
| Los Alamos County | Dole, Robert+1,016 | 3,98340.1% | 4,99950.3% | 3903.9% | 9,932 |
| Luna County | Clinton, Bill+385 | 3,00147.4% | 2,61641.4% | 1111.8% | 6,326 |
| McKinley County | Clinton, Bill+5,654 | 10,12465.2% | 4,47028.8% | 2821.8% | 15,526 |
| Mora County | Clinton, Bill+1,085 | 1,64668.8% | 56123.4% | 562.3% | 2,394 |
| Otero County | Dole, Robert+3,127 | 5,93836.3% | 9,06555.5% | 2381.5% | 16,337 |
| Quay County | Dole, Robert+113 | 1,83043.8% | 1,94346.5% | 260.6% | 4,176 |
| Rio Arriba County | Clinton, Bill+5,414 | 7,96570.5% | 2,55122.6% | 3202.8% | 11,305 |
| Roosevelt County | Dole, Robert+1,148 | 2,09735.7% | 3,24555.3% | 601.0% | 5,869 |
| San Juan County | Dole, Robert+5,408 | 12,07037.1% | 17,47853.7% | 6502.0% | 32,553 |
| San Miguel County | Clinton, Bill+5,057 | 6,99572.5% | 1,93820.1% | 3093.2% | 9,647 |
| Sandoval County | Clinton, Bill+2,066 | 13,08149.5% | 11,01541.6% | 8703.3% | 26,448 |
| Santa Fe County | Clinton, Bill+15,492 | 26,34962.1% | 10,85725.6% | 3,3948.0% | 42,446 |
| Sierra County | Clinton, Bill+14 | 2,15444.8% | 2,14044.5% | 801.7% | 4,805 |
| Socorro County | Clinton, Bill+1,059 | 3,37453.0% | 2,31536.4% | 2203.5% | 6,364 |
| Taos County | Clinton, Bill+4,509 | 6,63566.0% | 2,12621.1% | 7477.4% | 10,053 |
| Torrance County | Dole, Robert+82 | 2,07244.5% | 2,15446.3% | 972.1% | 4,655 |
| Union County | Dole, Robert+476 | 51931.5% | 99560.3% | 110.7% | 1,650 |
| Valencia County | Clinton, Bill+1,390 | 9,16949.4% | 7,77941.9% | 3752.0% | 18,545 |
complete certified result
New Mexico candidate results
Top three shown first · expand for every reported candidate and write-in category
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab — U.S. President 1976–2024 state candidate returns
Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)
New Mexico's presidential margins
1912–2024, the 1996 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1912 | +5.5% |
| 1916 | +3.6% |
| 1920 | −10.4% |
| 1924 | −5.5% |
| 1928 | −18.2% |
| 1932 | +27.0% |
| 1936 | +26.2% |
| 1940 | +13.3% |
| 1944 | +7.0% |
| 1948 | +13.5% |
| 1952 | −11.1% |
| 1956 | −16.0% |
| 1960 | +0.7% |
| 1964 | +18.6% |
| 1968 | −12.1% |
| 1972 | −24.5% |
| 1976 | −2.5% |
| 1980 | −18.2% |
| 1984 | −20.5% |
| 1988 | −5.0% |
| 1992 | +8.6% |
| 1996 | +7.3% |
| 2000 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | −0.8% |
| 2008 | +15.1% |
| 2012 | +10.1% |
| 2016 | +8.2% |
| 2020 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | +6.0% |
Same ballot, 1996NM
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 1996 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.