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New Mexico voter turnout by county

Each vote in New Mexico counts for 2.2 people

46% of eligible New Mexico citizens voted in the 2022 midterm.

In the 2022 midterm, 709,563 of New Mexico’s 1,553,240 eligible citizens voted (45.7%), so each ballot spoke for 2.2 people. In 2024, turnout was 59.4% (1.7 people per vote). Nationally, 2022 turnout was 46.0%. Vote power is highest in Curry County (3.1 people per vote) and lowest in Harding County (1.3).

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New Mexico counties ranked by vote power (2022 midterm)
Curry County#13.132.0%2.147.5%
Lea County#23.132.7%2.049.7%
Cibola County#33.033.6%2.344.2%
Otero County#42.935.0%2.148.2%
Luna County#52.835.2%2.148.2%
Roosevelt County#62.835.2%2.050.2%
Chaves County#72.736.5%2.049.9%
Doña Ana County#82.737.1%1.855.0%
McKinley County#92.638.4%2.051.2%
Eddy County#102.539.4%1.855.5%
San Miguel County#112.342.7%2.050.4%
Quay County#122.344.0%1.854.1%
Rio Arriba County#132.344.0%1.854.6%
Valencia County#142.244.7%1.758.5%
San Juan County#152.245.1%1.759.6%
Torrance County#162.245.9%1.759.7%
Taos County#172.147.3%1.759.3%
Bernalillo County#182.148.6%1.661.8%
Union County#192.049.2%1.854.3%
Colfax County#202.049.4%1.758.9%
Lincoln County#212.050.9%1.662.1%
Socorro County#222.051.1%1.660.6%
Sandoval County#231.952.4%1.568.3%
Grant County#241.952.7%1.664.5%
Hidalgo County#251.953.1%1.661.2%
Sierra County#261.854.1%1.565.5%
Guadalupe County#271.854.9%1.660.8%
Santa Fe County#281.757.3%1.469.3%
Catron County#291.757.6%1.567.8%
De Baca County#301.760.4%1.568.0%
Los Alamos County#311.470.1%1.284.4%
Mora County#321.471.5%1.472.8%
Harding County#331.375.0%1.377.1%

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Sources. Votes cast: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, county presidential returns (2024) and precinct-level returns (2022; highest statewide or U.S. House vote total per county). Eligible citizens: U.S. Census Bureau citizen voting-age population, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates. How it works.