United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2008
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Obama—80-90%
Obama—70-80%
Obama—60-70%
Obama—50-60%
McCain—50-60%
McCain—60-70%
McCain—70-80%
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The 2008 United States presidential election took place on November 4, 2008, throughout all 50 states and D.C., as part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
New Mexico was won by the Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, by a 15.13% margin of victory; Obama took 56.91% of the vote while his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain of Arizona, took 41.78%. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win, or otherwise considered it as a safe blue state. Due to the extremely narrow margins of victory in the past two presidential elections, it started out as a swing state, but hypothetical general election match-up polls taken in the state continued to show a big lead for Obama. Obama's leads in the polls in New Mexico increased so much that McCain did not campaign nearly as much there as he did elsewhere, despite it neighboring his home state of Arizona. A large Hispanic and Native American as well as trending Democratic population put Obama over the top.
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