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1876–2024
Socorro County, New Mexico
Socorro County·New Mexico

Socorro County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A historically Democratic county that flipped narrowly Republican in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Socorro County, New Mexico · AllenS · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+4
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
16,200
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sussex County
VA · similarity 0.95
27 precincts · 7,233 votes cast
Trump · R+4
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−3.7%
3,3843,6517,233
2020D
+6.5%
3,7223,2557,160
2016D
+10.1%
3,3132,6166,868
2012D
+18.6%
4,0582,7227,193
2008D
+21.1%
4,6963,0327,895
2004D
+4.2%
4,0253,6967,851
2000D
+1.8%
3,2943,1736,826
1996D
+16.6%
3,3742,3156,364
1992D
+11.9%
2,9082,1866,088
1988R
−2.5%
2,9603,1146,217
1984R
−14.3%
2,5413,4036,048
1980R
−8.5%
2,2262,6855,422
1976D
+6.9%
2,6062,2654,939
1972R
−14.0%
1,9942,6584,730
1968R
−8.4%
1,8712,2304,283
1964D
+14.9%
2,3971,7744,181
1960D
+12.9%
2,3271,7964,128
1956R
−23.1%
1,4762,3653,841
1952R
−11.2%
1,7772,2244,006
1948R
−12.9%
1,6502,1393,798
1944R
−1.6%
1,9672,0304,000
1940R
−4.1%
2,4892,7035,197
1936R
−1.1%
2,4772,5305,023
1932D
+12.7%
2,4951,9314,438
1928R
−10.7%
1,5641,9403,507
1924R
−28.9%
1,2512,3323,742
1920R
−26.9%
1,8073,1504,987
1916R
−11.2%
1,5581,9543,534
1912D
+5.1%
1,0789602,327
1908
No data
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
28.0%
Other Christian
5.0%
Baptist
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Methodist
0.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Socorro County, anchored by the city of Socorro and New Mexico Tech, shifted to the Republican column by 3.7 points in 2024 after voting Democratic in prior presidential cycles — a swing reflecting broader rural realignment in the state's Hispanic-majority counties.

The Democratic margin in Socorro County reached its widest at twenty-one points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was four points — a notable narrowing.

Socorro County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $36,570, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 16,200 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sussex County and Franklin County.