Cross Susana Martinez off the VP short list

[Bureaucat]

Originally Posted by nmnita

I was referring to governors not President: there is a difference. If you are talking Pres. yes, but if you know much about the 2000 election, there were some shady things that happened that year in NM. NM isn't really considered by many as a true blue state.

This year will be indicative of not only where New Mexico stands, but also Colorado and Nevada. All three states have been trending D during the Obama years. Now we'll see if the lure has been Democratic policy in general or the personal charisma of Barack Obama. In any event, New Mexico has trended to the left in Presidential races further than Colorado or Nevada, with double digit wins in both 2008 and 2012. The only R win in the last 6 tries was Bush in 2004 by less than 6,000 votes.

If it's not competitive this year, with Hillary the candidate rather than Obama, cement it into the Blue Wall.

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Bureaucat

This year will be indicative of not only where New Mexico stands, but also Colorado and Nevada. All three states have been trending D during the Obama years. Now we'll see if the lure has been Democratic policy in general or the personal charisma of Barack Obama. In any event, New Mexico has trended to the left in Presidential races further than Colorado or Nevada, with double digit wins in both 2008 and 2012. The only R win in the last 6 tries was Bush in 2004 by less than 6,000 votes.

If it's not competitive this year, with Hillary the candidate rather than Obama, cement it into the Blue Wall.

If we are talking strictly presidential elections you are totally right. I was thinking not only Pres but house and senate seats. Yes, NM is slightly to the left, more so than Colorado or NV. The high number of Mexicans contributes to this I think, but I still do not put it in the true Blue column. In fact I think this blue/red stuff is just a trendy way of defining a state.