Democrats retain hold on New Mexico despite shifting support for Republicans

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Posted on 11/17/2024 7:16:16 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Democratic presidential candidates have won seven of the last eight general elections in New Mexico, but results from Tuesday’s election show that the state followed similar gains made by Trump nationwide.

Trump — who lost New Mexico by about 8 percentage points in 2016 and nearly 11 percentage points in 2020 — cut into that deficit, and did so in historically Democratic counties as well as Republican strongholds, according to unofficial results from The Associated Press.

“That is a breakthrough for the Republicans at the presidential level,” said New Mexico-based political columnist Joe Monahan as ballots were being tallied. “Where did those votes come from?"

Trump traveled to New Mexico on Oct. 31 to hold a rally in the campaign’s final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to court Latino voters. New Mexico has the highest percentage of Latino voters in the nation. Harris didn't visit the state after her nomination for president.

Isaiah Blas, 25, waited in line for hours last month to see Trump in Albuquerque. He pointed to the sea of people in red “Make America Great Again” hats around him, saying it was a sign that the trajectory of politics could change in the state.

“I think a lot of New Mexicans are getting tired of these Democrats saying that they’re going to do it and they don’t do anything for New Mexicans," Blas said, pointing to the state's persistent and dismal rankings nationwide for crime rates and educational outcomes. "We’re just sick of it because we have Democrat after Democrat after Democrat. Are we getting better? No.”

The shift toward voting for Trump played out in Democratic-dominated cities along the Rio Grande corridor including Doña Ana, Santa Fe and Bernalillo counties.

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