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By Paula Aguillar
Along I-25 in New Mexico (AP)
They call this place the Land of Enchantment, but it is also a land of pueblos and wineries, hot springs and oil wells, old-time ranchers and new-age jewelers, Democrats in the north, Republicans in the south and independent-minded folks who vote Libertarian or Green scattered among straw-colored prairies and desert scrub.
New Mexico offers a scant five electoral votes among the 270 needed to be elected president, and yet it has long been viewed as a key to victory. Perhaps because of its propensity to reflect the nationwide popular vote, often by the slimmest of margins. Democrat Al Gore won here in 2000 by 366 votes; President Bush took the state in 2004 by a margin of 5,998.
Along I-25 in New Mexico (AP)
They call this place the Land of Enchantment, but it is also a land of pueblos and wineries, hot springs and oil wells, old-time ranchers and new-age jewelers, Democrats in the north, Republicans in the south and independent-minded folks who vote Libertarian or Green scattered among straw-colored prairies and desert scrub.
New Mexico offers a scant five electoral votes among the 270 needed to be elected president, and yet it has long been viewed as a key to victory. Perhaps because of its propensity to reflect the nationwide popular vote, often by the slimmest of margins. Democrat Al Gore won here in 2000 by 366 votes; President Bush took the state in 2004 by a margin of 5,998.
