2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Results

2008 United States presidential election in New Mexico

Section Title: Results
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United States presidential election in New Mexico, 2008

Party	Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	Barack Obama	Joe Biden	472,422	56.91%	5

Republican	John McCain	Sarah Palin	346,832	41.78%	0

Independent	Ralph Nader	Matt Gonzalez	5,327	0.64%	0

Libertarian	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	2,428	0.29%	0

Constitution	Chuck Baldwin	Darrell Castle	1,597	0.19%	0

Green	Cynthia McKinney	Rosa Clemente	1,552	0.19%	0

Totals	830,158	100.00%	5

Voter turnout (voting age population)	56.4%

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New Mexico was won by the Democrat Barack Obama, who took 56.91% of the vote while his Republican opponent John McCain took 41.78%.

final_sentence: New Mexico was won by the Democrat Barack Obama, who took 56.91% of the vote while his Republican opponent John McCain took 41.78%.