San Rafael, New Mexico is a small town located in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico. Its population is estimated to be around 700 people. As it is a small community, the local politics in San Rafael are decided by a town board made up of representatives from the citizens. This board holds regular meetings where decisions are made that have an effect on the town and its residents. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, budgeting for municipal services, and providing guidance on community development projects are all discussed by this board. The town also has an elected mayor who helps make decisions that will affect the town as a whole. San Rafael takes pride in its ability to be self-governed and actively works to promote local business growth and civic engagement among its citizens.
The political climate in San Rafael, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Cibola County, NM 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cibola county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 44.6%.
Cibola county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Rafael, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Grants Metro Area is somewhat 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.
San Rafael, New Mexico: D d 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 San Rafael, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)