| Election Name: | 1996 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| Country: | New Mexico |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 2000 United States presidential election in New Mexico |
| Next Year: | 2000 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | Bill Clinton.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Bill Clinton |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate1: | Al Gore |
| Electoral Vote1: | 5 |
| Popular Vote1: | 273,495 |
| Percentage1: | 49.18% |
| Nominee2: | Bob Dole |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Running Mate2: | Jack Kemp |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 232,751 |
| Percentage2: | 41.86% |
| Image3: | RossPerotColor.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Ross Perot |
| Party3: | Reform Party of the United States of America |
| Home State3: | Texas |
| Running Mate3: | Pat Choate |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 32,257 |
| Percentage3: | 5.80% |
| Map Size: | 265px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Bill Clinton |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Bill Clinton |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 5, 1996. All fifty states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1996 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
New Mexico was won by incumbent United States President Bill Clinton of Arkansas, who was running against Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Clinton ran a second time with former Tennessee Senator Al Gore as Vice President, and Dole ran with former New York Congressman Jack Kemp.[1]
New Mexico weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1996 was a very multi-partisan election for New Mexico, with nearly ten percent of the electorate voting for third-party candidates, and two third-party candidates receiving more than 1% of the vote. The majority of counties in New Mexico turned out for Clinton, including the highly populated areas of Doña Ana County, Santa Fe County and Albuquerque’s Bernalillo County. In his second bid for the presidency, Ross Perot led the newly reformed Reform Party to gain over five percent of the votes in New Mexico, and to pull in support nationally as the most popular third-party candidate to run for United States Presidency in recent times.
, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Sierra, Eddy, and De Baca.[2]
| County | Bill Clinton Democratic | Bob Dole Republican | Ross Perot[3] Reform | Ralph Nader Green | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernalillo | 88,140 | 48.28% | 78,832 | 43.19% | 8,708 | 4.77% | 5,269 | 2.89% | 1,594 | 0.87% | 9,308 | 5.09% | 182,543 | ||||||||||||||
| Catron | 423 | 27.76% | 923 | 60.56% | 114 | 7.48% | 29 | 1.90% | 35 | 2.30% | -500 | -32.80% | 1,524 | ||||||||||||||
| Chaves | 7,014 | 37.87% | 9,991 | 53.95% | 1,271 | 6.86% | 123 | 0.66% | 120 | 0.65% | -2,977 | -16.08% | 18,519 | ||||||||||||||
| Cibola | 4,030 | 58.58% | 2,245 | 32.63% | 488 | 7.09% | 85 | 1.24% | 32 | 0.47% | 1,785 | 25.95% | 6,880 | ||||||||||||||
| Colfax | 2,659 | 51.47% | 1,975 | 38.23% | 411 | 7.96% | 90 | 1.74% | 31 | 0.60% | 684 | 13.24% | 5,166 | ||||||||||||||
| Curry | 4,116 | 33.07% | 7,378 | 59.28% | 842 | 6.76% | 61 | 0.49% | 50 | 0.40% | -3,262 | -26.21% | 12,447 | ||||||||||||||
| De Baca | 509 | 46.57% | 489 | 44.74% | 86 | 7.87% | 4 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.46% | 20 | 1.83% | 1,093 | ||||||||||||||
| Dona Ana | 22,766 | 52.26% | 17,541 | 40.26% | 2,269 | 5.21% | 635 | 1.46% | 353 | 0.81% | 5,225 | 12.00% | 43,564 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddy | 8,959 | 47.16% | 8,534 | 44.92% | 1,297 | 6.83% | 101 | 0.53% | 107 | 0.56% | 425 | 2.24% | 18,998 | ||||||||||||||
| Grant | 5,860 | 53.62% | 3,993 | 36.54% | 778 | 7.12% | 205 | 1.88% | 92 | 0.84% | 1,867 | 17.08% | 10,928 | ||||||||||||||
| Guadalupe | 1,208 | 69.59% | 436 | 25.12% | 79 | 4.55% | 9 | 0.52% | 4 | 0.23% | 772 | 44.47% | 1,736 | ||||||||||||||
| Harding | 264 | 42.86% | 321 | 52.11% | 28 | 4.55% | 3 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | -57 | -9.25% | 616 | ||||||||||||||
| Hidalgo | 943 | 48.31% | 789 | 40.42% | 209 | 10.71% | 5 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.31% | 154 | 7.89% | 1,952 | ||||||||||||||
| Lea | 5,393 | 36.77% | 7,661 | 52.24% | 1,465 | 9.99% | 54 | 0.37% | 93 | 0.63% | -2,268 | -15.47% | 14,666 | ||||||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,209 | 34.46% | 3,396 | 52.97% | 666 | 10.39% | 78 | 1.22% | 62 | 0.97% | -1,187 | -18.51% | 6,411 | ||||||||||||||
| Los Alamos | 3,983 | 40.10% | 4,999 | 50.33% | 560 | 5.64% | 247 | 2.49% | 143 | 1.44% | -1,016 | -10.23% | 9,932 | ||||||||||||||
| Luna | 3,001 | 47.44% | 2,616 | 41.35% | 598 | 9.45% | 63 | 1.00% | 48 | 0.76% | 385 | 6.09% | 6,326 | ||||||||||||||
| McKinley | 10,124 | 65.21% | 4,470 | 28.79% | 650 | 4.19% | 196 | 1.26% | 86 | 0.55% | 5,654 | 36.42% | 15,526 | ||||||||||||||
| Mora | 1,646 | 68.76% | 561 | 23.43% | 131 | 5.47% | 39 | 1.63% | 17 | 0.71% | 1,085 | 45.33% | 2,394 | ||||||||||||||
| Otero | 5,938 | 36.35% | 9,065 | 55.49% | 1,096 | 6.71% | 131 | 0.80% | 107 | 0.65% | -3,127 | -19.14% | 16,337 | ||||||||||||||
| Quay | 1,830 | 43.82% | 1,943 | 46.53% | 377 | 9.03% | 14 | 0.34% | 12 | 0.29% | -113 | -2.71% | 4,176 | ||||||||||||||
| Rio Arriba | 7,965 | 70.46% | 2,551 | 22.57% | 469 | 4.15% | 268 | 2.37% | 52 | 0.46% | 5,414 | 47.89% | 11,305 | ||||||||||||||
| Roosevelt | 2,097 | 35.73% | 3,245 | 55.29% | 467 | 7.96% | 28 | 0.48% | 32 | 0.55% | -1,148 | -19.56% | 5,869 | ||||||||||||||
| San Juan | 12,070 | 37.08% | 17,478 | 53.69% | 2,355 | 7.23% | 399 | 1.23% | 251 | 0.77% | -5,408 | -16.61% | 32,553 | ||||||||||||||
| San Miguel | 6,995 | 72.51% | 1,938 | 20.09% | 405 | 4.20% | 250 | 2.59% | 59 | 0.61% | 5,057 | 52.42% | 9,647 | ||||||||||||||
| Sandoval | 13,081 | 49.46% | 11,015 | 41.65% | 1,482 | 5.60% | 618 | 2.34% | 252 | 0.95% | 2,066 | 7.81% | 26,448 | ||||||||||||||
| Santa Fe | 26,349 | 62.08% | 10,857 | 25.58% | 1,846 | 4.35% | 3,018 | 7.11% | 376 | 0.89% | 15,492 | 36.50% | 42,446 | ||||||||||||||
| Sierra | 2,154 | 44.83% | 2,140 | 44.54% | 431 | 8.97% | 50 | 1.04% | 30 | 0.62% | 14 | 0.29% | 4,805 | ||||||||||||||
| Socorro | 3,374 | 53.02% | 2,315 | 36.38% | 455 | 7.15% | 135 | 2.12% | 85 | 1.34% | 1,059 | 16.64% | 6,364 | ||||||||||||||
| Taos | 6,635 | 66.00% | 2,126 | 21.15% | 545 | 5.42% | 660 | 6.57% | 87 | 0.87% | 4,509 | 44.85% | 10,053 | ||||||||||||||
| Torrance | 2,072 | 44.51% | 2,154 | 46.27% | 332 | 7.13% | 64 | 1.37% | 33 | 0.71% | -82 | -1.76% | 4,655 | ||||||||||||||
| Union | 519 | 31.45% | 995 | 60.30% | 125 | 7.58% | 5 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.36% | -476 | -28.85% | 1,650 | ||||||||||||||
| Valencia | 9,169 | 49.44% | 7,779 | 41.95% | 1,222 | 6.59% | 282 | 1.52% | 93 | 0.50% | 1,390 | 7.49% | 18,545 | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 273,495 | 49.18% | 232,751 | 41.86% | 32,257 | 5.80% | 13,218 | 2.38% | 4,353 | 0.78% | 40,744 | 7.32% | 556,074 | ||||||||||||||