Did You Know – October 2023
Since New Mexico obtained statehood in 1912, Sandoval County has been remarkably accurate in predicting the winner of each presidential race. The only elections where Sandoval County failed to back the overall winner were in 1912 (Theodore Roosevelt won the state on the Bull Moose ticket), 1944, 1968, and 2016. Hillary Clinton won a plurality, but not majority, of votes in Sandoval county in 2016 due to Gary Johnson (who previously served as Governor of New Mexico) winning an abnormally high number of votes that election.
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United States presidential election results for Sandoval County, New Mexico |
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Year |
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No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
|
|
34,174 |
44.64% |
40,588 |
53.01% |
1,800 |
2.35% |
|
|
25,905 |
41.99% |
27,707 |
44.91% |
8,078 |
13.09% |
|
|
24,387 |
45.10% |
27,236 |
50.36% |
2,455 |
4.54% |
|
|
25,193 |
42.97% |
32,669 |
55.72% |
768 |
1.31% |
|
|
22,628 |
50.80% |
21,421 |
48.09% |
492 |
1.10% |
|
|
15,423 |
48.57% |
14,899 |
46.92% |
1,433 |
4.51% |
|
|
11,015 |
41.65% |
13,081 |
49.46% |
2,352 |
8.89% |
|
|
8,491 |
36.02% |
10,951 |
46.45% |
4,132 |
17.53% |
|
|
9,411 |
49.50% |
9,332 |
49.09% |
268 |
1.41% |
|
|
9,005 |
55.43% |
7,080 |
43.58% |
161 |
0.99% |
|
|
6,762 |
53.74% |
4,740 |
37.67% |
1,080 |
8.58% |
|
|
4,110 |
44.34% |
5,072 |
54.72% |
87 |
0.94% |
|
|
3,507 |
50.25% |
3,293 |
47.18% |
179 |
2.56% |
|
|
1,959 |
41.43% |
2,609 |
55.18% |
160 |
3.38% |
|
|
1,077 |
24.37% |
3,332 |
75.38% |
11 |
0.25% |
|
|
1,447 |
35.13% |
2,672 |
64.87% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
1,979 |
55.68% |
1,574 |
44.29% |
1 |
0.03% |
|
|
1,795 |
52.06% |
1,647 |
47.77% |
6 |
0.17% |
|
|
1,675 |
47.33% |
1,851 |
52.30% |
13 |
0.37% |
|
|
1,439 |
51.48% |
1,354 |
48.44% |
2 |
0.07% |
|
|
1,990 |
49.12% |
2,060 |
50.85% |
1 |
0.02% |
|
|
1,800 |
46.18% |
2,094 |
53.72% |
4 |
0.10% |
|
|
1,562 |
46.24% |
1,808 |
53.52% |
8 |
0.24% |
|
|
1,700 |
59.44% |
1,159 |
40.52% |
1 |
0.03% |
|
|
1,587 |
58.52% |
1,096 |
40.41% |
29 |
1.07% |
|
|
1,194 |
57.46% |
884 |
42.54% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
611 |
45.43% |
734 |
54.57% |
0 |
0.00% |
|
|
211 |
22.93% |
126 |
13.70% |
583 |
63.37% |
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2004 was the last time the Republican nominee received more votes than the Democratic nominee for the presidency. There were only 44,541 total votes cast in the county in that election. For the presidential election in 2020, there were 76,535 votes, demonstrating the tremendous population growth in the county over 16 years.