Farmington, New Mexico is a city of about 45,000 people in the Four Corners area of the state. It is home to a vibrant local political scene with many active candidates vying for various city and county offices. Local issues range from economic development to environmental protection and public safety. Recent elections have seen campaigns focusing on increasing access to healthcare, improving public education, and addressing homelessness in the area. With its diverse population, Farmington's political scene serves as an example for other cities and towns across the country on how to best serve their citizens. The local political landscape offers voters a chance to participate in meaningful discussions about important topics that may not get much attention in larger cities and states.
The political climate in Farmington, NM is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, NM is strongly conservative. In San Juan County, NM 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.6%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmington, NM is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Farmington Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Farmington, New Mexico: R R R R R R
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 Farmington, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,766 contributions totaling $261,785 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,777 contributions totaling $303,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)