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Turnout just over 22% in Bernalillo County primary elections
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Little more than 1 in 5 eligible voters turned out Tuesday in Bernalillo County — a tally slightly lower than the 2022 primary contest.
Low turnout also marked the statewide results. As of 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, 225,000 New Mexicans had voted in the primary election, or about 22% of the state’s 1,011,000 eligible voters.
Excluded from voting Tuesday were the state’s approximately 326,000 registered voters who did not declare as Democrats, Republicans or Libertarians.
In Bernalillo County, 71,733 votes were cast in the primaries, or about 22.6% of eligible voters, according to unofficial results.
“I don’t know why people aren’t interested in primaries,” Bernalillo County Clerk Linda Stover said Tuesday. “They’re just not.”
Democrats turned out in greater numbers than Republicans in Bernalillo County.
About 47,500 Democrats cast primary votes, or about 66% of the total votes cast in the county. Republican voters cast 23,972 votes and Libertarians, 259 votes.
In total, Bernalillo County has about 199,209 registered Democratic voters, 117,889 Republican voters and 5,173 Libertarians, according to the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.
Turnout on Tuesday was little different from the 2022 primary election, when 23% of eligible voters made their voices heard.
“We’ve worked really hard on trying to get our message out,” Stover said. “A lot of the county offices were up and we couldn’t draw fire. I’m disappointed because we’ve worked really hard on trying to do that.”
