2016 New Mexico precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
11/22/21

## Sources
Election results from the New Mexico Secretary of State (http://electionresults.sos.state.nm.us/).
Precinct shapefiles from the New Mexico Secretary of State via the University of New Mexico Resource Geographic Information System (https://rgis.unm.edu/rgis6/). All counties are from the NM Voting Precincts 2012 shapefile.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COM - Comptroller
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Commissioner of Insurance
LAB - Commissioner of Labor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
LND - Commissioner of Public Lands
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Court of Appeals
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SSC - State Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields
G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREIMCM - Evan McMullin (Better For America Party)
G16PRECCAS - Darrell L. Castle (Constitution Party)
G16PRESLAR - Gloria La Riva (Socialism and Liberation Party)
G16PREAROC - Roque De La Fuente (American Delta Party)

G16SOSDOLI - Maggie Toulouse Oliver (Democratic Party)
G16SOSRESP - Nora Espinoza (Republican Party)

G16SSCDVIG - Michael E. Vigil (Democratic Party)
G16SSCRNAK - Judith K. Nakamura (Republican Party)

G16SACDVAR - Julie J. Vargas (Democratic Party)
G16SACRFRE - Stephen G. French (Republican Party)

## Processing Steps
The following precincts were split or adjusted to reflect changes enacted before 2016.

Lincoln: 2/17, 3/16, 9/10, 14/16, 18/22
Los Alamos: 1/7, 1/11, 12/15
McKinley: 9/60, 10/61, 12/62, 15/51
Sandoval: 15/77
Santa Fe: 82/90, 86/89
Socorro: 13/14, 16/27
Torrance: 1/2, 11/12

Roosevelt County precincts were renumbered to match the 2012 precinct descriptions.