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

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

One of the most Democratic-leaning counties in the Mountain West

18762024·38 elections
Taos County, New Mexico · Lochaven - just back from Fl., USA · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+47
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
34,543
2024 ACS
Most similar
Santa Fe County
NM · similarity 1.00
47 precincts · 16,636 votes cast
Harris · D+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+47.5%
12,0384,13916,636
2020D
+54.7%
13,1213,71517,181
2016D
+52.0%
10,6682,72715,260
2012D
+60.3%
11,9782,73015,339
2008D
+64.8%
13,8162,86616,886
2004D
+49.3%
10,9873,66614,835
2000D
+39.4%
7,0392,74410,895
1996D
+44.9%
6,6352,12610,053
1992D
+44.9%
7,0512,26010,681
1988D
+36.4%
6,2712,8979,259
1984D
+10.5%
5,1444,1549,432
1980D
+8.9%
4,3463,5848,601
1976D
+18.7%
4,4143,0127,517
1972R
−2.0%
3,4723,6177,164
1968R
−2.0%
2,9933,1196,252
1964D
+35.2%
4,2042,0066,238
1960D
+16.2%
3,6312,6206,257
1956R
−6.1%
2,7433,1005,847
1952D
+2.0%
2,8772,7635,646
1948D
+2.1%
2,9772,8525,870
1944R
−0.6%
2,5252,5575,084
1940D
+1.8%
3,4633,3426,810
1936D
+2.2%
3,0512,9185,979
1932D
+15.0%
3,2772,4165,723
1928R
−14.0%
1,8422,4414,284
1924R
−19.4%
1,6552,4704,209
1920R
−29.9%
1,3592,5193,884
1916R
−18.0%
9101,3202,278
1912R
−4.7%
7658551,918
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%
Irish
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
66.4%
Non-Christian
11.0%
Other Christian
6.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Methodist
0.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Baptist
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 13.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Taos County combines a majority-Hispanic population with a sizable arts-community transplant base, producing presidential margins that routinely exceed 45 points — among the widest in New Mexico and the broader region.

The Democratic margin in Taos County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2008. The margin in 2024 was forty-seven points — still decisive.

Taos County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,950, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 34,543 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 Santa Fe County and St. Louis city.