NM Votes for President and Vice President by County in the Nov. 7, 2000 and Nov. 2, 2004 General Elections
 Gore/Liberman
 Bush/Cheney
 Nader/LaDuke
 Others (4)
 Total for Pres.
.  Kerry/Edwards
 Bush/Cheney
 Others (4)
 Total for Pres.
(% ch '00 to '04)
 Bernalillo
99,461
(48.68)
95,249
(46.62)
8,274
(4.05)
1,335
(0.65)
204,319
.
132,252
(51.50)
121,454
(47.29)
3,105
(1.21)
256,811
(+25.69%)
 Catron
353
(20.63)
1,273
(74.40)
57
(3.33)
28
(1.64)
1,711
.
551
(27.65)
1,427
(71.60)
15
(0.75)
1,993
(+16.48%)
 Chaves
6,340
(34.93)
11,378
(62.69)
307
(1.69)
124
(0.68)
18,149
.
6,726
(30.99)
14,773
(68.06)
206
(0.95)
21,705
(+19.59%)
 Cibola
4,127
(58.23)
2,752
(38.83)
164
(2.31)
45
(0.63)
7,088
.
3,913
(52.26)
3,477
(46.04)
97
(1.30)
7,487
(+5.63%)
 Colfax
2,653
(48.58)
2,600
(47.61)
163
(2.98)
45
(0.82)
5,461
.
2,824
(47.32)
3,082
(51.64)
62
(1.04)
5,968
(+9.28%)
 Curry
3,471
(29.00)
8,301
(69.35)
147
(1.23)
50
(0.42)
11,969
.
3,541
(24.79)
10,649
(74.54)
96
(0.67)
14,286
(+19.36)
 DeBaca
349
(35.54)
612
(62.32)
12
(1.22)
9
(0.92)
982
.
281
(28.30)
706
(71.10)
6
(0.60)
993
(+1.12)
 Doña Ana
23,912
(51.26)
21,263
(45.58)
1,158
(2.48)
320
(0.69)
46,653
.
31,762
(51.26)
29,548
(47.69)
650
(1.05)
61,960
(+32.81)
 Eddy
7,108
(39.96)
10,335
(58.10)
256
(1.44)
88
(0.49)
17,787
.
6,880
(33.94)
13,268
(65.46)
122
(0.60)
20,270
(+13.96)
 Grant
5,673
(50.47)
4,961
(44.13)
530
(4.71)
77
(0.68)
11,241
.
7,095
(52.98)
6,135
(45.81)
162
(1.21)
13,392
(+19.14)
 Guadalupe
1,076
(65.17)
548
(33.19)
24
(1.45)
3
(0.18)
1,651
.
1,340
(59.11)
914
(40.32)
13
(0.57)
2,267
(+37.31)
 Harding
214
(36.09)
366
(61.72)
9
(1.52)
4
(0.67)
593
.
259
(40.22)
380
(59.01)
5
(0.78)
644
(+8.60)
 Hidalgo
839
(45.75)
954
(51.80)
28
(1.53)
13
(0.71)
1,834
.
861
(43.84)
1,081
(55.04)
22
(1.12)
1,964
(+7.09)
 Lea
3,855
(27.04)
10,157
(71.25)
169
(1.19)
75
(0.53)
14,256
.
3,646
(20.05)
14,430
(79.20)
105
(0.58)
18,181
(+27.53)
 Lincoln
2,027
(29.93)
4,458
(65.83)
168
(2.48)
119
(1.76)
6,772
.
2,822
(31.31)
6,070
(67.34)
122
(1.35)
9,014
(+33.11)
 Los Alamos
4,149
(40.60)
5,623
(55.03)
329
(3.22)
117
(1.15)
10,218
.
5,206
(46.49)
5,810
(51.89)
181
(1.62)
11,197
(+9.58)
 Luna
2,975
(44.99)
3,395
(51.35)
186
(2.81)
56
(0.85)
6,612
.
3,340
(43.99)
4,164
(54.84)
89
(1.17)
7,593
(+14.84)
 McKinley
10,281
(64.75)
5,070
(31.93)
392
(2.47)
136
(0.86)
15,879
.
13,051
(63.28)
7,351
(35.64)
221
(1.07)
20,623
(+29.88)
 Mora
1,456
(66.45)
668
(30.49)
49
(2.24)
18
(0.82)
2,191
.
1,876
(66.38)
928
(32.84)
22
(0.78)
2,826
(+28.98)
 Otero
5,465
(33.73)
10,258
(63.31)
338
(2.09)
143
(0.88)
16,204
.
6,433
(30.98)
14,066
(67.74)
265
(1.28)
20,764
(+28.14)
 Quay
1,471
(38.28)
2,292
(59.64)
51
(1.33)
29
(0.75)
3,843
.
1,422
(34.54)
2,661
(64.63)
34
(0.83)
4,117
(+7.13)
 Rio Arriba
8,169
(67.53)
3,495
(28.89)
377
(3.12)
56
(0.46)
12,097
.
9,753
(65.02)
5,149
(34.33)
97
(0.65)
14,999
(+23.99)
 Roosevelt
1,762
(31.18)
3,762
(66.57)
98
(1.73)
29
(0.51)
5,651
.
2,082
(29.14)
4,997
(69.95)
65
(0.91)
7,144
(+26.42)
 Sandoval
14,899
(46.92)
15,423
(48.57)
1,211
(3.81)
222
(0.70)
31,755
.
21,421
(48.09)
22,628
(50.80)
492
(1.10)
44,541
(+40.26)
 San Juan
11,980
(34.57)
21,434
(61.85)
923
(2.66)
320
(0.92)
34,657
.
14,843
(32.98)
29,525
(65.60)
638
(1.42)
45,006
(+29.86)
 San Miguel
6,540
(71.39)
2,215
(24.18)
344
(3.76)
62
(0.68)
9,161
.
8,683
(71.67)
3,313
(27.34)
120
(0.99)
12,116
(+32.26)
 Santa Fe
32,017
(64.72)
13,974
(28.25)
3,215
(6.50)
265
(0.54)
49,471
.
47,074
(71.11)
18,466
(27.89)
660
(1.00)
66,200
(+33.82)
 Sierra
1,689
(36.83)
2,721
(59.33)
132
(2.88)
44
(0.96)
4,586
.
1,926
(37.35)
3,162
(61.31)
69
(1.34)
5,157
(+12.45)
 Socorro
3,294
(48.26)
3,173
(46.48)
279
(4.09)
80
(1.17)
6,826
.
4,025
(51.27)
3,696
(47.08)
130
(1.66)
7,851
(+15.02)
 Taos
7,039
(64.61)
2,744
(25.19)
1,064
(9.77)
48
(0.44)
10,895
.
10,987
(74.06)
3,666
(24.71)
182
(1.23)
14,835
(+36.16)
 Torrance
1,868
(37.66)
2,891
(58.29)
163
(3.29)
38
(0.77)
4,960
.
2,386
(36.67)
4,026
(61.87)
95
(1.46)
6,507
(+31.19)
 Union
452
(25.75)
1,269
(72.31)
19
(0.51)
15
(0.85)
1,755
.
411
(21.85)
1,454
(77.30)
16
(0.85)
1,881
(+7.18)
 Valencia
9,819
(45.93)
10,803
(50.54)
615
(2.88)
140
(0.65)
21,377
.
11,270
(43.33)
14,474
(55.64)
268
(1.03)
26,012
(+21.68)
 Total
286,783
(47.91)
286,417
(47.85)
21,251
(3.55)
4,154
(0.69)
598,605
370,942
(49.05)
376,930
(49.84)
8,432
(1.11)
756,304
(+26.34%)

Note that while the Bush/Cheney ticket improved upon its 2000 showing, in terms of share of vote, in 28 of 33 counties, Kerry/Edwards improved upon Gore's percent of vote in just 12 counties plus securing the same share of the vote in Doña Ana County.
 

Twelve Strongest Bush Counties in 2004 (% of Vote)
 Lea  Union  Curry  Cantron  DeBaca  Roosevelt  Chaves  Otero  Lincoln  San Juan  Eddy  Quay
 79.20  77.30  74.54  71.60  71.10  69.95  68.06  67.74  67.34  65.60  65.46  64.63

The Twelve Counties Kerry Carried in 2004 (% of Vote)
 Taos  San Miguel  Santa Fe  Mora  Rio Arriba  McKinley  Guadalupe  Grant  Cibola  Bernalillo  Socorro  Dona Ana
 74.06  71.67  71.11  66.38  65.02  63.28  59.11  52.98  52.26  51.50  51.27  51.26

Five Counties Showing the Greatest Increase in Total Votes for President
 Sandoval  Guadalupe  Taos  Santa Fe  Lincoln
 +40.26  +37.31  +36.16  +33.82  +33.11