Santa Fe, NM is home to a vibrant political scene. Local elections often feature multiple candidates vying for positions in the city government. Residents of Santa Fe can vote in mayoral, council, and other local races to determine who will lead the city. Issues addressed by local politicians include infrastructure, public safety, education, and economic development. Local political candidates have different approaches on how to best address these issues, and debates between them are lively and passionate. Voters must decide which candidate is best suited to represent their views on the many issues facing Santa Fe. With so much at stake in local politics, it is important that all citizens of Santa Fe take part in the electoral process by learning about each candidate's platform and casting their vote.
The political climate in Santa Fe, NM is moderately liberal.
Santa Fe County, NM is very liberal. In Santa Fe County, NM 76.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Fe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.0% to 22.3%.
Santa Fe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santa Fe, NM is moderately liberal.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Santa Fe Metro Area is very 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.
Santa Fe, 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 Santa Fe, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118,111 contributions totaling $17,403,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,295 contributions totaling $1,051,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)