Clovis, New Mexico is a city in Curry County with a strong sense of both community and politics. The political culture in Clovis is vibrant and engaging. Residents care about the issues that affect their lives and actively engage in local politics. Politicians here are dedicated to representing the interests of the people and strive to make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole. Issues such as education, economic development, crime prevention, public health and safety, taxes, infrastructure improvements, and job creation all play an important role in forming policies that will make Clovis a better place for everyone who calls it home. Residents take part in elections by voting for their preferred candidates and attending meetings where they can voice their opinions on current issues. It is through this active engagement from residents that Clovis's political system continues to thrive.
The political climate in Clovis, NM is moderately conservative.
Curry County, NM is very conservative. In Curry County, NM 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Curry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.5%.
Curry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clovis, NM is moderately conservative.
Curry County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Clovis Metro Area is very 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.
Clovis, 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 Clovis, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 420 contributions totaling $37,542 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 467 contributions totaling $105,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)