Who won New Mexico in the 1976 presidential election?

Ford (Republican) carried New Mexico in 1976, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Mexico have in 1976?

New Mexico cast 4 electoral votes in the 1976 presidential election.

Did New Mexico vote for the national winner in 1976?

No. New Mexico backed Ford, while Jimmy Carter won the presidency nationally.

Cold War RealignmentNM · 4 EV

1976

New Mexico: Ford carries 4 EV.

New Mexico cast its 4 electoral votes for Ford (Republican). National winner: Jimmy Carter (Democratic) — New Mexico voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1976 result in New Mexico

New Mexico backed Ford (Republican) in the 1976 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Jimmy Carter (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving New Mexico among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which New Mexico backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and Oklahoma joined New Mexico for the Republican ticket, while Texas did not. Across the 29 presidential elections New Mexico has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (17 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Jimmy Carter took 297 of the 538 electoral votes, against Gerald Ford's 240. Jimmy Carter led the national popular vote with 50.08% of the ballots cast.

The 1976 national map

New Mexico full history →