Editing Socorro County, New Mexico (section)

==Politics==
In the past, Socorro County had leaned toward the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], though in recent elections, it has been shifting toward the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. The majority (51 percent) of voters registered in the 2012 General Election were Democrats, with the rest of registered voters breaking down as 30 percent Republican, 15 percent Declined To Say, and 3 percent Other.<ref>{{cite web|title=Voting Registration Statistics Report|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/2966cef424224c59b1abaf5b30a91116/STATEWIDEOCT312012.PDF|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411142004/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/2966cef424224c59b1abaf5b30a91116/STATEWIDEOCT312012.PDF|archive-date=April 11, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Socorro County voted for President Obama 56 percent to 38 percent,<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 General Election Results for Socorro County|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/Socorro2012Gen.pdf|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906010223/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/files/Socorro2012Gen.pdf|archive-date=September 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> with a trend of voting Democratic from 1992 through 2020. In 2024, [[Donald Trump]] carried the county with a narrow majority, the first time a Republican presidential candidate had done this since [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]] in 1988.

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{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,315|3,374|675|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,186|2,908|994|New Mexico}}
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{{PresRow|1984|Republican|3,403|2,541|104|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,685|2,226|511|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,265|2,606|68|New Mexico}}
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{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,230|1,871|182|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,774|2,397|10|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,796|2,327|5|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|2,365|1,476|0|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|2,224|1,777|5|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,139|1,650|9|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,030|1,967|3|New Mexico}}
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{{PresRow|1936|Republican|2,530|2,477|16|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,931|2,495|12|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,940|1,564|3|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,332|1,251|159|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,150|1,807|30|New Mexico}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,954|1,558|22|New Mexico}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|960|1,078|289|New Mexico}}

Socorro County voted for Senator Heinrich (D) 53 percent to 43 percent in 2012. While Rep. Pearce (R) won Socorro County 52 percent to 48 percent in 2012, Socorro supported Democrats for the U.S. House in both 2008 and 2010 (with 50.2% and 63% Democratic, respectively).<ref>{{cite web|title=2010 General Election Results for Socorro County|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/0c807ac075af44f89901e0520c768de1/SocorroGen10.pdf|publisher=New Mexico Secretary of State|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312140234/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/0c807ac075af44f89901e0520c768de1/SocorroGen10.pdf|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The County supported Governor Martinez (R) 53 percent to 47 percent in 2010 but went for Governor Richardson (D) in both 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Official 2002 General Election Results for SOCORRO County|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/308947684091406b930f2fc3974c9057/conty024.HTM.html|publisher=State of New Mexico|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221142225/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/308947684091406b930f2fc3974c9057/conty024.HTM.html|archive-date=February 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=2006 General Election Results for Socorro County|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/219baefcbb124c528aa5af44dbfef350/Socorro.pdf|publisher=State of New Mexico|access-date=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315040358/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/uploads/FileLinks/219baefcbb124c528aa5af44dbfef350/Socorro.pdf|archive-date=March 15, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Socorro has supported Democratic state senators in Districts 28 and 30 for every election since 2000. In contrast, the county has supported a Republican state representative in District 49 since 2000.
The current county commissioners of Socorro County are:
* Pauline Jaramillo, R-Dist. 1, Chair
* Martha Salas, R-Dist. 2, Vice Chair
* Manuel Anaya, D-Dist. 3
* Danny Monette, R-Dist. 4,
* Juan Gutierrez, R-Dist. 5
Socorro County backed Democratic gubernatorial nominee [[Michelle Lujan Grisham]] in [[2018 New Mexico gubernatorial election|2018]] by 57.4%, defeating  Republican [[Steve Pearce (politician)|Steve Pearce]] by nearly 15 points in the county. However, in [[2022 New Mexico gubernatorial election|2022]], Republicans rebounded considerably and Grisham lost Socorro county to Republican Mark Ronchetti, by a margin of just 38 votes (2,988 votes to 2,950 respectively).<ref name=":0" /> It was the only county in the state to flip Republican that year, even as Grisham handedly won re-election statewide.