June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07) 2020 → 111,334 104,741 Start date June 7, 2016 | 18 16 51.53% 48.47% | |
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← 2012 June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07) | ||
The 2016 New Mexico Democratic primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of New Mexico as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The Democratic Party's primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota are scheduled to be held the same day, as are Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own New Mexico primary. Additionally, the Democratic Party holds North Dakota caucuses the same day.
Analysis
Clinton managed a 3-point-win in New Mexico, thanks to support from majority non-white areas such as Doña Ana County which contains the city of Las Cruces and is majority Hispanic/Latino, as well as McKinley and San Juan which are largely Native American and include parts of the Navajo Nation and the Apache Nation. Clinton also won in Santa Fe. Sanders, meanwhile, won by a narrow margin in Albuquerque and thus held Clinton to a fairly narrow margin state-wide.