Ferguson97
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« on: November 17, 2021, 07:04:30 PM » |
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In 2000, the presidential election in New Mexico was decided by 0.06% -- just 366 votes!
In 2004, Bush flipped it and won by 0.79% -- just under 6,000 votes.
And then in 2008, Obama absolutely destroyed McCain. He won the state by 15.13%... 125,000 votes!
In 2012 Obama won by 10.15% and 80k votes. It wasn't close.
And then in 2016 Clinton won by "only" 8.2% and 65k votes, but keep in mind that a former Governor ran a high-profile third party campaign, and got almost 10% of the vote himself.
Then in 2020 Biden won it by 10.79% and 100k votes.
This state went from nail-biters to practically "Safe D" in a few cycles... so what the hell happened?
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