San Juan County in New Mexico is a rural county located in the northwest part of the state and is home to many small, rural towns. Politically, San Juan County has traditionally been a largely conservative area, with Republican candidates usually dominating local elections. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on progressive causes from both parties in the region, as well as a stronger push for environmental protection and better access to healthcare and other public services. Despite this shift in political attitudes, Republicans still tend to dominate local politics in San Juan County. Candidates of all political persuasions work hard to gain support from their constituents and ultimately win office in the county’s various districts. The main focus of political discourse tends to be on issues at the local level such as infrastructure improvements and education reform rather than national topics or ideologies.
The political climate in 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
San Juan County, NM 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.
San Juan, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Juan County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,415 contributions totaling $170,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,025 contributions totaling $160,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)