Jemez Springs, New Mexico is a small rural village located in Sandoval County. The population of Jemez Springs is just under 500 people, making it one of the smallest towns in the state. Despite its small size, Jemez Springs has an active and engaged political scene. Local elections draw civic-minded citizens to the polls each year to select officials who will represent their interests. Currently, the mayor of Jemez Springs is Darryl Madalena, who was elected in 2018. Mayor Madalena has been very effective at leading the town and representing its residents’ needs both locally and statewide. The current trustee for Jemez Springs is Bill Sauter and other local office holders include Deborah Evans as Deputy Clerk and Gary Laipple as Municipal Judge. Each of these leaders are dedicated to helping shape a better future for their community by working hard to ensure that its needs are met in every way possible.
The political climate in Jemez Springs, NM is leaning conservative.
Sandoval County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Sandoval County, NM 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sandoval county remained moderately Democratic, 53.0% to 44.6%.
Sandoval county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jemez Springs, NM is leaning conservative.
Sandoval County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately liberal.
New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico: r r D d d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jemez Springs, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 219 contributions totaling $9,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)