2016 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary

The 2016 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of New Mexico as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

2016 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary

June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07)
 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 18 16
Popular vote 111,334[1] 104,741
Percentage 51.53% 48.47%

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders

The Democratic Party's primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota were scheduled to be held the same day, as were the Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own New Mexico primary. Additionally, the Democratic Party held the North Dakota caucuses the same day.

Opinion polling

Poll source Date 1st 2nd Other
Official Primary Results June 7, 2016 Hillary Clinton
51.5%
Bernie Sanders
48.5%
BWD Global[2]

Margin of error: ± 2.5%
Sample size: 1,455

May 25-26, 2016 Hillary Clinton
53%
Bernie Sanders
28%
Others / Undecided
19%
Albuquerque Journal[3]

Margin of error: ± 4.9%
Sample size: 401

February 23–25, 2016 Hillary Clinton
47%
Bernie Sanders
33%
Others / Undecided
20%

Results

New Mexico Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 111,334 51.53% 18 9 27
Bernie Sanders 104,741 48.47% 16 0 16
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 216,075 100% 34 9 43
Source: The Green Papers, New Mexico State Board of Elections,
New Mexico Democratic Delegates Allocation

Results by county

County[4] Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Bernalillo49.1%36,93750.9%38,247
Catron38.6%11561.4%183
Chaves56.6%1,23843.4%950
Cibola51.5%1,58648.5%1,494
Colfax56.2%94943.8%740
Curry46.7%67253.3%768
De Baca45.7%9654.3%114
Dona Ana55.7%9,09744.3%7,243
Eddy53.9%1,56646.1%1,340
Grant50.1%2,27249.9%2,267
Guadalupe54.7%39945.3%330
Harding62.0%7538.0%46
Hidalgo61.5%51538.5%323
Lea52.0%70548.0%651
Lincoln49.4%51550.6%527
Los Alamos50.4%1,42449.4%1,404
Luna56.2%91743.8%714
McKinley59.1%4,76140.9%3,299
Mora62.1%98637.9%603
Otero52.7%1,32447.3%1,190
Quay51.5%47348.5%445
Rio Arriba60.2%4,91539.8%3,252
Roosevelt41.8%28158.2%392
Sandoval51.7%7,44848.3%6,958
San Juan52.5%3,01947.5%2,735
San Miguel59.4%3,41840.6%2,341
Santa Fe50.6%16,08749.4%15,703
Sierra43.0%40057.0%530
Socorro50.6%1,05049.4%1,024
Taos43.2%3,28556.8%4,325
Torrance49.9%64950.1%651
Union44.8%15455.2%190
Valencia52.1%3,12348.0%2,877
Total51.53%111,33448.47%104,741

Analysis

After being projected to win the state by double digits, Clinton managed a 3-point-win in New Mexico, thanks to support from majority non-white areas such as Doña Ana County which contains the city of Las Cruces and is majority Hispanic/Latino, as well as McKinley and San Juan which are largely Native American and include parts of the Navajo Nation and the Apache Nation. Clinton won by a narrow margin in Santa Fe. Sanders, meanwhile, won by a larger margin in Albuquerque, the state's largest city, and thus held Clinton to a very narrow margin statewide.

References

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