Presidential Election 2008 | US Presidental Elections | New Mexico Races
2008 New Mexico Presidential Election Results
Barack Obama
Percent: 56.91%
Votes: 472,422
John McCain
Percent: 41.78%
Votes: 346,832
Race Summary
In the 2008 Presidential Election in New Mexico, Democrat Barack Obama received 56.91% of the vote, while Republican John McCain received 41.78%. Obama’s 15-point margin marked a significant shift in the state’s voting pattern, turning it firmly blue in that cycle.
Full Results
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 56.91%
Votes: 472,422
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 41.78%
Votes: 346,832
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 5,327
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 2,428
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 1,597
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 1,552
Total votes: 830,158
State Map
Results by County
Bernalillo County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 60.03%
Votes: 171,556
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 38.67%
Votes: 110,521
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.62%
Votes: 1,779
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 940
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 501
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 481
Total votes: 285,778
Colfax County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 54.67%
Votes: 3,490
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 43.94%
Votes: 2,805
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 58
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.14%
Votes: 9
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 10
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 6,384
Eddy County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.58%
Votes: 7,351
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 62.21%
Votes: 12,500
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.57%
Votes: 114
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 59
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 41
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.14%
Votes: 28
Total votes: 20,093
Hidalgo County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 50.90%
Votes: 993
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 47.98%
Votes: 936
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.46%
Votes: 9
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 4
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 5
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 1,951
Luna County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 51.69%
Votes: 4,311
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 46.40%
Votes: 3,870
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 67
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.46%
Votes: 38
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 41
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 8,340
Quay County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.71%
Votes: 1,547
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 59.23%
Votes: 2,367
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 1.20%
Votes: 48
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 19
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.05%
Votes: 2
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 3,996
San Miguel County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 79.75%
Votes: 10,320
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 19.15%
Votes: 2,478
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.57%
Votes: 74
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.13%
Votes: 17
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.09%
Votes: 12
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 40
Total votes: 12,941
Socorro County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 59.48%
Votes: 4,696
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 38.40%
Votes: 3,032
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.86%
Votes: 68
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.52%
Votes: 41
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 27
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.39%
Votes: 31
Total votes: 7,895
Valencia County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 53.17%
Votes: 15,366
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 45.45%
Votes: 13,136
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.74%
Votes: 213
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 60
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 71
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 53
Total votes: 28,899
Catron County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 31.44%
Votes: 664
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 66.19%
Votes: 1,398
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 14
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 10
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.95%
Votes: 20
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 2,112
Curry County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.35%
Votes: 4,670
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 66.48%
Votes: 9,599
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 92
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 33
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 23
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 21
Total votes: 14,438
Grant County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 59.19%
Votes: 8,142
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 39.30%
Votes: 5,406
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 92
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 40
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 41
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 13,755
Lea County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.40%
Votes: 5,108
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 71.58%
Votes: 13,347
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 89
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 39
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 32
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 18,645
McKinley County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 71.41%
Votes: 16,572
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 27.50%
Votes: 6,382
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 113
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 37
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 44
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 59
Total votes: 23,207
Rio Arriba County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 74.99%
Votes: 12,703
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 24.12%
Votes: 4,086
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.58%
Votes: 99
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.11%
Votes: 18
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.06%
Votes: 11
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.14%
Votes: 23
Total votes: 16,940
Sandoval County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 55.72%
Votes: 32,669
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 42.97%
Votes: 25,193
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.63%
Votes: 370
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 178
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 118
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 102
Total votes: 58,630
Taos County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 81.82%
Votes: 13,816
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 16.97%
Votes: 2,866
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 109
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 34
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.09%
Votes: 15
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 46
Total votes: 16,886
Chaves County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.07%
Votes: 8,197
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 61.74%
Votes: 13,651
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.64%
Votes: 141
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 54
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 35
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 22,112
De Baca County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.39%
Votes: 359
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 64.75%
Votes: 676
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 7
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 2
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Total votes: 1,044
Guadalupe County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 70.90%
Votes: 1,557
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 28.23%
Votes: 620
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.46%
Votes: 10
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.09%
Votes: 2
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.05%
Votes: 1
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 2,196
Lincoln County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.46%
Votes: 3,535
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 61.89%
Votes: 6,001
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 70
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 35
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 39
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 16
Total votes: 9,696
Mora County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 78.55%
Votes: 2,168
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 20.62%
Votes: 569
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 13
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.11%
Votes: 3
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 2,760
Roosevelt County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.27%
Votes: 2,303
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 64.15%
Votes: 4,311
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 47
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 25
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 19
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 15
Total votes: 6,720
Santa Fe County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 76.94%
Votes: 55,567
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 21.89%
Votes: 15,807
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 408
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 187
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 106
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 148
Total votes: 72,223
Torrance County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 44.47%
Votes: 3,087
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 53.81%
Votes: 3,735
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.78%
Votes: 54
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 25
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 25
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 15
Total votes: 6,941
Cibola County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 64.05%
Votes: 5,827
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 34.42%
Votes: 3,131
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 73
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.13%
Votes: 12
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 31
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 23
Total votes: 9,097
Dona Ana County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 58.14%
Votes: 40,282
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 40.51%
Votes: 28,068
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 466
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 221
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 105
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 138
Total votes: 69,280
Harding County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.53%
Votes: 260
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 57.19%
Votes: 358
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 5
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 626
Los Alamos County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 52.62%
Votes: 5,824
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 45.75%
Votes: 5,064
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 77
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 68
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 19
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 17
Total votes: 11,069
Otero County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.56%
Votes: 8,610
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.83%
Votes: 12,806
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 159
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 81
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 76
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 34
Total votes: 21,766
San Juan County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.76%
Votes: 18,028
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 59.92%
Votes: 27,869
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 312
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 115
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 105
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 82
Total votes: 46,511
Sierra County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.88%
Votes: 2,352
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 55.00%
Votes: 3,017
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 1.20%
Votes: 66
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 19
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 17
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 14
Total votes: 5,485
Union County
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 28.24%
Votes: 492
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 70.44%
Votes: 1,227
Ralph Nader (IND)
Percent: 0.63%
Votes: 11
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 3
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 5
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 4
Total votes: 1,742