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Presidential race in New Mexico probably will be tight.
Byline: Laura Kurtzman
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. _ By almost any measure, New Mexico should be a safe state for Democrats in this year's presidential election. Its voter registration is overwhelmingly Democratic, and the majority of its population consists of ethnic minorities, who tend to vote for Democrats.
But, just as in 2000, when Al Gore and George W. Bush raced to a photo finish in the state, with Gore winning by only 366 votes, New Mexico is fertile territory for Republicans.
A recent poll for The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper and KOB television found President Bush narrowly leading Sen. John Kerry, 47 percent to 43 percent. The margin of error for the poll by Mason-Dixon was plus or minus 4 percentage points.
Why the Democrats must fight for a state that would seem to be theirs is a question that's almost as complicated as New Mexico, a sparsely populated land of exquisite scenery and centuries of settlement, from the Pueblo Indians to the ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Presidential race in New Mexico probably will be tight.