2026 ballot measure forecast
New Mexico Bond Question 3
Higher education and tribal schools bond
Authorizes 352,225,379 dollars in general obligation bonds for higher education institutions, special schools and tribal schools. The forecast has Yes at 65.7 percent against the 50 percent it needs, a 93% chance to pass.
Chance to pass
93%2,000 simulations
Forecast Yes
65.7%80% range 52 to 77
Needs
50%a simple majority
Polling average
NoneNo public polls found
County forecast
33 of 33 counties vote YesNo +30Yes +30Hover a county for its forecast
Where the Yes vote lands
needs 50
2035506580- History and structure
- 65.7% Yes
- Polls
- None
- Forecast
- 65.7% Yes
- Yes leans
- Neither party
- Rule to pass
- Simple majority of votes cast on the measure.
The campaign
2026 Capital Projects GO Bond Act; repaid by property tax levy.
Also on the New Mexico ballot
Constitutional Amendment 1
End pocket veto, require veto explanations
97%
Constitutional Amendment 2
Allow school elections with partisan elections
84%
Constitutional Amendment 3
Nominating committee for university regents
94%
Constitutional Amendment 4
Tie legislator pay to median income
97%
Bond Question 1
Senior citizen facilities bond
95%
Bond Question 2
Library acquisitions bond
94%
Polls of the measure
no polls| Pollster | Sample | Ended | Yes | No | Undecided | Yes, adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public polls of this measure. The forecast rests on how comparable measures have run and how it reached the ballot. | ||||||
How this is built
Bond Question 3 is forecast as a bonds and budgets measure whose Yes vote leans to neither party. Comparable measures from 2018 to 2024 set how far its Yes share moves with New Mexico's partisanship and with each county's 2024 presidential vote, and how it reached the ballot moves it further. Polls then pull the forecast toward them by recency and size, after splitting undecided voters two to one for No. Sources: sos.nm.gov. All measures.