New Mexico Election Data

DGR occasionally uses election/voting based data that is compiled by the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office for various projects. This information is based on voting precinct geography and is often aggregated to the appropriate New Mexico Legislature's house or senate district. Some examples of this election/voting based data are presented here in map form. This data has been processed by DGR using SAS and ArcGIS software. Some of this election data is also available in the ArcView demonstration section of DGR's Web page for downloading.

DGR assisted the New Mexico Secretary of State's Office and county clerks from 1984 through 1990 in redrawing voting precinct geography in preparation for the 1990 Census. This work resulted in the construction of a statewide geographic information system (GIS) that contains all the major visible features (roads, drainages, etc.) that could be used by each county to draw voting precinct boundaries. Some example county based maps produced from this GIS (derived from USGS 1:100k quadrangle and other federal and local sources) are presented here. The voting precinct boundaries on these county maps may have changed since 1990 after the New Mexico State Legislature performed redistricting and county clerks made subsequent changes for election purposes. However, the entire statewide GIS is still available at DGR in ARC/INFO and GRNDB formats.

 The Division of Government Research (DGR) is continuing to develop a web page for the New Mexico 2000 United States Census and other demographic data. This web page is part of DGR's public service function at UNM. It is intended primarily for the public and also other governmental GIS users. In general, public users do not have sophisticated GIS facilities. This web page will provide easy access to data in interactive form and also in a simple to use free GIS package (ESRI's ArcReader). More sophisticated GIS and statistical users that have their own facilities will be provided access to this data in ready-to-use formats that can be further customized to their needs (ArcView, ArcMap, and SAS datasets). This project (the CAAP - Census Aggregation and Accessibility Project) will be developed slowly as resources are available. Click here to view the CAAP.

Election/Voting Data Maps

House Districts by Party NM House Districts by Party (14kb)

Senate Districts by Party NM Senate Districts by Party (14kb)

Albuq. House Districts by Party Albuquerque House Districts by Party (13kb)

Albuq. Senate Districts by Party Albuquerque Senate Districts by Party (12kb)

Example County Precinct Maps

Eddy County - Precincts Eddy County - 1992 Proposed Precincts (28kb)

Rio Arriba County - Precincts Rio Arriba County - 1992 Proposed Precincts (27kb)

More New Mexico Election & Voting Information

For more information: 

     Division of Government Research
     University of New Mexico 
     Onate Hall Suite 116  MSC06 3510 
     Albuquerque, New Mexico  87131
     Phone: (505) 277-3305 
     FAX: (505) 277-7066 
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Last Revised: 10/31/06 Larry Spear ( e-mail )