2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico

none June 2025 September 2023 2012 United States presidential election 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico 2008 2016 United States presidential election in New Mexico 2016 November 6, 2012 x200px President Barack Obama, 2012 portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 5 415,335 52.99% Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts Paul Ryan 0 335,788 42.84% 265px County results 265px Congressional district results Obama #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Romney #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. This was the 25th U.S. presidential election in which New Mexico participated. New Mexico voters chose five electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan. Prior to the election, 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. President Obama and Vice President Biden carried New Mexico with 52.99% of the vote to Mitt Romney's 42.84%, a victory margin of 10.15%. Libertarian Gary Johnson, a former Republican who served two terms as Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, garnered 3.55% of the vote, his strongest statewide performance in the nation, and the strongest 3rd party showing in the state since 2000 (although that was easily surpassed by Johnson in 2016, when he received nearly 10% of the vote in New Mexico). As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time where Colfax County, Hidalgo County, and Valencia County voted for the Democratic candidate. (Valencia County picked Donald Trump, Obama's successor, in both his 2016 win and 2020 loss, thus ending its reputation as a pivotal bellwether in presidential elections.) Since its statehood in 1912, no incumbent president of either party has ever won another term in office without carrying New Mexico. This is the last time that the presidential candidate who carried New Mexico won a majority of New Mexico's counties. Caucuses and primaries Democratic caucuses The Democratic caucus in New Mexico was uncontested as no one challenged incumbent President Barack Obama for the nomination. As a result, all of the state's 50 delegates were allocated to Obama. Republican primary 2012 New Mexico Republican primary New Mexico presidential no 2008 New Mexico Republican primary 2008 2016 New Mexico Republican primary 2016 2012 06 05 Mitt_Romney_by_Gage_Skidmore_6_cropped.jpg Mitt Romney Massachusetts 20 65,935 73.17% ff6600 Rick Santorum by Gage Skidmore.jpg Rick Santorum Pennsylvania 0 9,517 10.56% 008000 Ron Paul by Gage Skidmore 3 (crop 2).jpg Ron Paul 10.39% 9,363 Texas 0 ffcc00 Newt Gingrich by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg Newt Gingrich Georgia 5,928 5.88% 0 800080 x125px New mexico Republican primary by county, 2012.svg 230px New Mexico results by county #ff6600 Mitt Romney The 2012 New Mexico Republican presidential primary was proclaimed under state law on January 30, 2012Martinez, Susana (30 January 2012) "Primary Election Proclamation", archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20120413071300/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/pdf/2012ProclamationPrimaryElection.pdf 2012-04-13 by Webcite on 6 February 2012 to take place on June 5, 2012.Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/calendar.html January 11, 2012 Under New Mexico law it is a closed primary, with only registered members of the New Mexico Republican Party being eligible to vote in the Republican primary."In a primary election, a voter shall not be permitted to vote for a candidate of a party different from the party designation shown on the voter's certificate of registration." New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-12-7.2(D) (2011), archived by Webcite at https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034950/http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll/nmsa1978/4cf/525/b71/b97 2016-03-04 on 6 February 2012 20 delegates were chosen, for a total of 23 delegates to go to the national convention. Federal offices President of the United States: This is a "proportional primary". The twenty delegates to the National Republican Convention are bound proportionally, according to the percentage of votes received, to presidential contenders who receive 15% or more of the primary vote statewide."each candidate and the uncommitted category shall be entitled to a share of the total vote allotted to the delegation that is equal to the proportion that the vote he received in the presidential primary bears to the total combined vote received by all qualified candidates; provided that no candidate shall be excluded who has received at least fifteen percent of the total vote cast for candidates for president of that party, and no candidate shall be excluded in violation of any political party rule" New Mexico Statutes Annotated §1-15A-9(C)(1) (2011), archived by Webcite at https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235140/http://www.conwaygreene.com/nmsu/lpext.dll/nmsa1978/4cf/525/d7a/d8e 2016-03-03 on 6 February 2012 United States Senate: A single candidate to run for the seat formerly held by Jeff Bingaman. United States House of Representatives: One candidate from each of the three congressional districts. Statewide offices Court of Appeals: One candidate to run for the unexpired term of Judge Robert E. Robles, currently held by appointee Judge J. Miles Hanisee.Barbati, Duane (1 February 2012) "Appeals judge wants to retain seat" Alamogordo Daily News, archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20120204063619/http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_19873880 2012-02-04 by Webcite on 6 February 2012 Public Regulation Commission: One candidate for each of District 1 and District 3 for four year terms. Results New Mexico Republican primary, 2012Secretary of State official election results https://web.archive.org/web/20120710093546/http://primaryresults.aesvote.com/county0.htm July 10, 2012. June 26, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2012. Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates 14px Mitt Romney 65,935 73.2% 20 Rick Santorum 9,517 10.56% 0 Ron Paul 9,363 10.39% 0 Newt Gingrich 5,298 5.88% 0 Unpledged delegates: 3 Total: 90,113 100.0% 23 Key: Withdrew prior to contest General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofHuffington PostHuffington Post Election Dashboard HuffPost http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map https://archive.today/20130813173708/http://web.archive.org/web/20120502191502/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map 2013-08-13Lean DNovember 6, 2012CNNAmerica's Choice 2012 Election Center: CNN Electoral Map CNN http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator#?battleground dead https://archive.today/20130119130158/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2012/ecalculator%23?battleground 2013-01-19Lean DNovember 6, 2012 New York TimesElection 2012 - The Electoral Map: Building a Path to Victory The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2012/electoral-map.html https://archive.today/20120708093751/http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map July 8, 2012 Lean D November 6, 2012Washington Post2012 Presidential Election Results The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ limited live https://web.archive.org/web/20120726195644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/election-map-2012/president/ 2012-07-26TossupNovember 6, 2012RealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110608112207/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html 2011-06-08 RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Battle for White HouseLean DNovember 6, 2012Sabato's Crystal Ball https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ PROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERMLikely DNovember 5, 2012FiveThirtyEight https://www.masslive.com/news/2012/11/nate_silvers_political_calcula.html Nate Silver's political calculations predict 2012 election outcomeSolid DNovember 6, 2012 Candidate ballot access Barack Obama / Joe Biden, Democratic Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan, Republican Gary Johnson / James P. Gray, Libertarian Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala, Green Virgil Goode / Jim Clymer, Constitution Rocky Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez, Justice Results 2012 United States presidential election in New Mexicohttp://sos.state.nm.us/2012GenResults/StateWideResults.htm New Mexico Secretary of State 2012-11-11 Democratic Party (United States) Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 415,335 52.99% −3.92 Republican Party (United States) Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 335,788 42.84% +1.06 Libertarian Party (United States) Gary Johnson Jim Gray 27,788 3.55% +3.26 Green Party of the United States Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 2,691 0.34% +0.15 Justice Party (United States) Rocky Anderson Luis J. Rodriguez 1,177 0.15% N/A Constitution Party (United States) Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 983 0.13% −0.06 783,756 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) By county County Barack ObamaDemocratic Mitt RomneyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Bernalillo 150,739 55.63% 106,408 39.27% 13,822 5.10% 44,331 16.36% 270,969 Catron 560 26.38% 1,494 70.37% 69 3.25% -934 -43.99% 2,123 Chaves 6,604 32.54% 13,088 64.50% 600 2.96% -6,484 -31.96% 20,292 Cibola 4,961 60.18% 2,998 36.37% 284 3.45% 1,963 23.81% 8,243 Colfax 2,828 49.06% 2,699 46.83% 237 4.11% 129 2.23% 5,764 Curry 4,022 29.52% 9,251 67.90% 352 2.58% -5,229 -38.38% 13,625 De Baca 287 31.82% 586 64.97% 29 3.21% -299 -33.15% 902 Doña Ana 37,139 55.91% 27,322 41.13% 1,962 2.96% 9,817 14.78% 66,423 Eddy 6,142 31.88% 12,583 65.30% 544 2.82% -6,441 -33.42% 19,269 Grant 7,090 54.95% 5,358 41.53% 454 3.52% 1,732 13.42% 12,902 Guadalupe 1,488 69.70% 557 26.09% 90 4.21% 931 43.61% 2,135 Harding 260 43.26% 327 54.41% 14 2.33% -67 -11.15% 601 Hidalgo 995 51.42% 899 46.46% 41 2.12% 96 4.96% 1,935 Lea 4,080 23.98% 12,548 73.75% 387 2.27% -8,468 -49.77% 17,015 Lincoln 2,942 31.83% 5,961 64.50% 339 3.67% -3,019 -32.67% 9,242 Los Alamos 5,191 48.72% 4,796 45.02% 667 6.26% 395 3.70% 10,654 Luna 3,583 47.77% 3,670 48.93% 247 3.30% -87 -1.16% 7,500 McKinley 15,841 72.24% 5,546 25.29% 542 2.47% 10,295 46.95% 21,929 Mora 1,955 74.88% 595 22.79% 61 2.33% 1,360 52.09% 2,611 Otero 6,829 34.12% 12,451 62.22% 732 3.66% -5,622 -28.10% 20,012 Quay 1,383 37.31% 2,202 59.40% 122 3.29% -819 -22.09% 3,707 Rio Arriba 11,465 74.72% 3,397 22.14% 481 3.14% 8,068 52.58% 15,343 Roosevelt 1,727 28.93% 4,043 67.73% 199 3.34% -2,316 -38.80% 5,969 San Juan 15,855 34.29% 28,849 62.39% 1,533 3.32% -12,994 -28.10% 46,237 San Miguel 8,850 76.90% 2,303 20.01% 356 3.09% 6,547 56.89% 11,509 Sandoval 27,236 50.36% 24,387 45.10% 2,455 4.54% 2,849 5.26% 54,078 Santa Fe 50,872 73.47% 15,500 22.38% 2,873 4.15% 35,372 51.09% 69,245 Sierra 1,964 38.49% 2,928 57.39% 210 4.12% -964 -18.90% 5,102 Socorro 4,058 56.42% 2,722 37.84% 413 5.74% 1,336 18.58% 7,193 Taos 11,978 78.09% 2,730 17.80% 631 4.11% 9,248 60.29% 15,339 Torrance 2,428 37.93% 3,529 55.12% 445 6.95% -1,101 -17.19% 6,402 Union 472 26.83% 1,236 70.27% 51 2.90% -764 -43.44% 1,759 Valencia 13,511 48.73% 12,825 46.25% 1,392 5.02% 686 2.48% 27,728Total415,33552.99%335,78842.84%32,6344.16%79,54710.15%783,757 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Luna (largest city: Deming) right 300px Shift by county 300px Trend by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Obama won two of three congressional districts.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/07/09/1220127/-Daily-Kos-Elections-2012-election-results-by-congressional-and-legislative-districts Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos 11 August 2020 District Obama Romney RepresentativeNew Mexico 1 1st 55.25% 39.6%Michelle Lujan GrishamNew Mexico 2 2nd 44.9% 51.72%Steve PearceNew Mexico 3 3rd 57.52% 38.67%Ben Ray Luján See also 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries New Mexico Republican Party Notes External links The Green Papers: for New Mexico The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order expanded New Mexico United States president 2012