1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election 1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1972 1980 United States presidential election in New Mexico 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Michigan Bob Dole 4 211,419 50.75% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 201,148 48.28% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 265px County results Ford #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% The 1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. New Mexico was won by President Gerald Ford by a 2-point lead. A very partisan election in New Mexico, only one percent of the electorate voted for third-party candidates.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-02-11 While Ford took the State of New Mexico, and much of the American Southwest and Midwest, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won the electoral college with 297 votes, and was elected president. A reliable bellwether state in presidential elections up to this point, this was the first election since gaining statehood that New Mexico did not back the winning presidential candidate, and the only time New Mexico did not back the national popular-vote winner until 2024 (in 2000 and 2016, it voted for the candidate who won the popular vote but not the electoral vote). This is the last time New Mexico voted for a Republican who lost the presidential election, and the last time a Democrat was elected president without winning New Mexico. The state has voted for the Democratic candidate in every election since 2008 and voted for a Democrat who lost the popular vote in 2024, suggesting that its streak as a bellwether has ended. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Torrance County and Quay County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1976 United States presidential election in New Mexico Republican Party (United States) Gerald Ford (incumbent) Bob Dole 211,419 50.75% −10.30 Democratic Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale 201,148 48.28% +11.72 Socialist Workers Party (United States) Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid 2,462 0.59% +0.47 Libertarian Party (United States) Roger MacBride David Bergland 1,110 0.27% N/A Socialist Party USA Frank Zeidler J. Quinn Brisben 240 0.06% N/A Prohibition Party Benjamin Bubar Jr. Earl Dodge 211 0.05% N/A 416,590 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Results by county County Gerald FordRepublican Jimmy CarterDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Bernalillo 76,614 53.98% 63,949 45.06% 1,363 0.96% 12,665 8.92% 141,926 Catron 602 53.18% 517 45.67% 13 1.15% 85 7.51% 1,132 Chaves 10,631 59.26% 7,139 39.79% 170 0.95% 3,492 19.47% 17,940 Colfax 2,259 45.13% 2,718 54.29% 29 0.58% -459 -9.16% 5,006 Curry 6,232 54.87% 5,004 44.06% 122 1.07% 1,228 10.81% 11,358 De Baca 556 47.93% 597 51.47% 7 0.60% -41 -3.54% 1,160 Dona Ana 13,888 53.09% 12,036 46.01% 233 0.90% 1,852 7.08% 26,157 Eddy 7,698 45.59% 9,073 53.73% 115 0.68% -1,375 -8.14% 16,886 Grant 4,095 43.90% 5,176 55.49% 57 0.61% -1,081 -11.59% 9,328 Guadalupe 1,047 42.68% 1,379 56.22% 27 1.10% -332 -13.54% 2,453 Harding 387 57.08% 285 42.04% 6 0.88% 102 15.04% 678 Hidalgo 891 48.56% 938 51.12% 6 0.32% -47 -2.56% 1,835 Lea 8,773 56.82% 6,533 42.31% 135 0.87% 2,240 14.51% 15,441 Lincoln 2,320 61.64% 1,415 37.59% 29 0.77% 905 24.05% 3,764 Los Alamos 5,383 64.43% 2,890 34.59% 82 0.98% 2,493 29.84% 8,355 Luna 2,966 50.25% 2,872 48.65% 65 1.10% 94 1.60% 5,903 McKinley 4,617 39.83% 6,856 59.14% 120 1.03% -2,239 -19.31% 11,593 Mora 904 38.29% 1,438 60.91% 19 0.80% -534 -22.62% 2,361 Otero 5,914 52.10% 5,333 46.98% 105 0.92% 581 5.12% 11,352 Quay 2,059 49.08% 2,095 49.94% 41 0.98% -36 -0.86% 4,195 Rio Arriba 3,213 30.75% 7,125 68.19% 111 1.06% -3,912 -37.44% 10,449 Roosevelt 3,269 50.85% 3,111 48.39% 49 0.76% 158 2.46% 6,429 San Juan 10,852 55.13% 8,615 43.77% 216 1.10% 2,237 11.36% 19,683 San Miguel 3,162 37.17% 5,204 61.17% 141 1.66% -2,042 -24.00% 8,507 Sandoval 4,110 44.34% 5,072 54.72% 87 0.94% -962 -10.38% 9,269 Santa Fe 11,576 44.53% 14,127 54.34% 294 1.13% -2,551 -9.81% 25,997 Sierra 1,665 51.04% 1,564 47.95% 33 1.01% 101 3.09% 3,262 Socorro 2,265 45.86% 2,606 52.76% 68 1.38% -341 -6.90% 4,939 Taos 3,012 40.07% 4,414 58.72% 91 1.21% -1,402 -18.65% 7,517 Torrance 1,462 48.54% 1,526 50.66% 24 0.80% -64 -2.12% 3,012 Union 1,146 53.30% 975 45.35% 29 1.35% 171 7.95% 2,150 Valencia 7,851 47.43% 8,566 51.75% 136 0.82% -715 -4.32% 16,553Totals211,41950.75%201,14848.28%4,0230.97%10,2712.47%416,590 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Grant McKinley Guadalupe Sandoval Colfax Eddy Mora Santa Fe Taos Socorro Valencia De Baca Hidalgo Torrance Quay References New Mexico 1976 Category:1976 New Mexico elections