Currently, New Mexico has a Democratic senator, Jeff Bingaman, and a Republican one, Pete Domenici. The governor of the state is Democrat Bill Richardson.
A total of 153,299 Democrats turned out for the primary on Feb. 5, as compared to 110,438 for the Republicans on June 3. The latter contest though was held long after the Republican race was decided.
Barack Obama is consistently beating John McCain in New Mexico polls for the general election.
New Mexico has a large Latino population and a Gallup Poll summary of surveys taken in May shows Obama winning 62% of Latino registered voters nationwide, compared with just 29% for McCain.General Election: McCain vs. Obama (RealClearPolitics)
Poll Date Sample Obama (D) McCain (R) Spread RCP Average 06/12 - 06/19 -- 47.5 42.0 Obama +5.5 USA Today/Gallup 06/15 - 06/19 1310 LV 50 44 Obama +6.0 Newsweek 06/18 - 06/19 896 RV 51 36 Obama +15.0 FOX News 06/17 - 06/18 900 RV 45 41 Obama +4.0 Rasmussen Tracking 06/17 - 06/19 3000 LV 48 44 Obama +4.0 Gallup Tracking 06/16 - 06/19 2648 RV 46 44 Obama +2.0 Reuters/Zogby 06/12 - 06/14 1113 LV 47 42 Obama +5.0 ABC News/Wash Post 06/12 - 06/15 -- 49 45 Obama +4.0 Cook/RT Strategies 06/12 - 06/15 880 RV 44 40 Obama +4.0
A May poll found that about 59 percent of voters thought Iraq and the economy were the most important issues facing the nation, followed in third place by national security, the issue picked by 10 percent of voters. The same poll found that 81% thought the country was on 'the wrong track,' indicating some trouble for the party presently in power.
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