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Election in New Mexico
1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico|
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County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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Willkie
50-60%
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The 1940 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 5, 1940. All 48 States were part of the
1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose three electors to represent them in the
Electoral College, which voted for
President and
Vice President.
Incumbent
Democratic President
Franklin D. Roosevelt comfortably won
New Mexico by a 13-point margin over
Republican businessman
Wendell Willkie.
[1] This was the only election in United States history where a President was elected to serve a third full term.
Results
Results by county
County
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
[2] Democratic
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Wendell Lewis Willkie
[2] Republican
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Various candidates Other parties
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Margin
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%
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#
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%
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#
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%
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#
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%
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#
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Lea
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76.81%
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4,295
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23.00%
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1,286
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0.20%
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11
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53.81%
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3,009
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Eddy
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75.34%
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4,968
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24.64%
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1,625
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0.02%
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1
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50.70%
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3,343
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Curry
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73.90%
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4,670
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25.78%
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1,629
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0.32%
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20
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48.12%
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3,041
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Roosevelt
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69.50%
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3,190
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30.15%
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1,384
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0.35%
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16
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39.35%
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1,806
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Quay
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69.14%
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3,215
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30.39%
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1,413
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0.47%
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22
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38.75%
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1,802
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Hidalgo
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67.03%
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1,049
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32.97%
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516
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0.00%
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0
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34.06%
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533
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De Baca
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66.58%
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970
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32.88%
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479
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0.55%
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8
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33.70%
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491
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Grant
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66.01%
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3,914
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33.99%
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2,015
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0.00%
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0
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32.03%
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1,899
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McKinley
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59.66%
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2,525
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40.19%
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1,701
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0.14%
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6
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19.47%
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824
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Chaves
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58.97%
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4,304
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40.84%
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2,981
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0.19%
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14
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18.13%
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1,323
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Doña Ana
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58.26%
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5,208
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41.62%
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3,720
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0.12%
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11
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16.65%
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1,488
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Luna
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56.42%
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1,388
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43.33%
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1,066
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0.24%
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6
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13.09%
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322
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San Miguel
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55.32%
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6,054
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44.61%
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4,882
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0.06%
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7
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10.71%
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1,172
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Colfax
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55.05%
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4,234
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44.90%
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3,453
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0.05%
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4
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10.15%
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781
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Bernalillo
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54.53%
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14,428
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45.35%
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11,999
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0.13%
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34
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9.18%
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2,429
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Rio Arriba
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53.55%
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4,952
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46.38%
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4,289
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0.06%
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6
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7.17%
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663
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Guadalupe
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53.41%
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2,082
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46.36%
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1,807
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0.23%
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9
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7.05%
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275
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Otero
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52.76%
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1,788
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47.09%
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1,596
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0.15%
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5
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5.67%
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192
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Sierra
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52.71%
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1,534
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47.15%
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1,372
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0.14%
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4
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5.57%
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162
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Catron
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52.26%
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1,039
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47.74%
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949
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0.00%
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0
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4.53%
|
90
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Union
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50.96%
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1,987
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48.73%
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1,900
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0.31%
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12
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2.23%
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87
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Taos
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50.85%
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3,463
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49.07%
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3,342
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0.07%
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5
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1.78%
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121
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Sandoval
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50.85%
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2,060
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49.12%
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1,990
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0.02%
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1
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1.73%
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70
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Santa Fe
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50.76%
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6,482
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49.22%
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6,285
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0.02%
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3
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1.54%
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197
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Harding
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50.15%
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1,004
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49.85%
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998
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0.00%
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0
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0.30%
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6
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Lincoln
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49.38%
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1,763
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50.25%
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1,794
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0.36%
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13
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-0.87%
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-31
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Valencia
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49.08%
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3,318
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50.83%
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3,436
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0.09%
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6
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-1.75%
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-118
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Socorro
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47.89%
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2,489
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52.01%
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2,703
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0.10%
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5
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-4.12%
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-214
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San Juan
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45.06%
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1,445
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54.79%
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1,757
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0.16%
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5
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-9.73%
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-312
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Mora
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44.54%
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1,960
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55.44%
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2,440
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0.02%
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1
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-10.91%
|
-480
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Torrance
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43.28%
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1,921
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56.52%
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2,509
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0.20%
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9
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-13.25%
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-588
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References