George W. Bush Republican Barack Obama Democratic The 2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4, 2008.

Obama's polling advantage 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 a trending Democratic population put Obama over the top.

[1] Obama became the first Democrat since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 to win a majority of New Mexico's vote in a presidential election.

Here are their last predictions before election day: Obama won a majority of the pre-election polls taken in the state, including sweeping all of them taken after September 14.

John McCain from neighboring Arizona and held similar views on illegal immigration to those of Bush.

Ultimately, McCain obtained 31% of the national Hispanic vote to Obama's 67%, far less than Bush's 44% to John Kerry's 53% in 2004.

[21] Obama won the Native American vote, 78–21%, and carried most of the counties within the confines of the Navajo Nation.

The city of Albuquerque and the southwestern part of the state both lean Democratic, but not as overwhelmingly as Santa Fe.

While McCain dominated the southeastern part of the state, it was not nearly enough to overcome Obama's edge in the Albuquerque area.