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 111,334 104,741 Percentage 51.53% 48.47%

Election results by county. Clinton   50 – 60%   60 – 70% Sanders   50 – 60%   60 – 70%

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

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

Poll source	Date	1st	2nd	Other
Official Primary results	June 7, 2016	Hillary Clinton 51.5%	Bernie Sanders 48.5%
BWD Global Margin of error: ± 2.5% Sample size: 1,455	May 25–26, 2016	Hillary Clinton 53%	Bernie Sanders 28%	Others / Undecided 19%
Albuquerque Journal Margin of error: ± 4.9% Sample size: 401	February 23–25, 2016	Hillary Clinton 47%	Bernie Sanders 33%	Others / Undecided 20%

Results

See also: Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

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	—		0	0	0
Total	216,075	100%	34	9	43
Source:

Results by county

County	Clinton	Votes	Sanders	Votes
Bernalillo	49.1%	36,937	50.9%	38,247
Catron	38.6%	115	61.4%	183
Chaves	56.6%	1,238	43.4%	950
Cibola	51.5%	1,586	48.5%	1,494
Colfax	56.2%	949	43.8%	740
Curry	46.7%	672	53.3%	768
De Baca	45.7%	96	54.3%	114
Doña Ana	55.7%	9,097	44.3%	7,243
Eddy	53.9%	1,566	46.1%	1,340
Grant	50.1%	2,272	49.9%	2,267
Guadalupe	54.7%	399	45.3%	330
Harding	62.0%	75	38.0%	46
Hidalgo	61.5%	515	38.5%	323
Lea	52.0%	705	48.0%	651
Lincoln	49.4%	515	50.6%	527
Los Alamos	50.4%	1,424	49.4%	1,404
Luna	56.2%	917	43.8%	714
McKinley	59.1%	4,761	40.9%	3,299
Mora	62.1%	986	37.9%	603
Otero	52.7%	1,324	47.3%	1,190
Quay	51.5%	473	48.5%	445
Rio Arriba	60.2%	4,915	39.8%	3,252
Roosevelt	41.8%	281	58.2%	392
Sandoval	51.7%	7,448	48.3%	6,958
San Juan	52.5%	3,019	47.5%	2,735
San Miguel	59.4%	3,418	40.6%	2,341
Santa Fe	50.6%	16,087	49.4%	15,703
Sierra	43.0%	400	57.0%	530
Socorro	50.6%	1,050	49.4%	1,024
Taos	43.2%	3,285	56.8%	4,325
Torrance	49.9%	649	50.1%	651
Union	44.8%	154	55.2%	190
Valencia	52.1%	3,123	48.0%	2,877
Total	51.53%	111,334	48.47%	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.