Sandoval County, New Mexico is an area that is politically diverse. While there are no specific local political candidates to name, the population of the county holds a range of views on many different issues. Political topics such as taxes, education funding, public safety and gun control are all important to the citizens of Sandoval County and often form the basis for conversations among residents. As a result, the politics of Sandoval County can be quite dynamic and passionate debates often occur amongst its constituents. Local elections are always hotly contested with voters turning out in large numbers to ensure their voice is heard. Despite its diversity of opinion, residents of Sandoval County remain united in their dedication to work together for the betterment of all.
The political climate in Sandoval County, NM is somewhat liberal.
In Sandoval County, NM 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sandoval county remained moderately Democratic, 53.0% to 44.6%.
Sandoval county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandoval County, NM is somewhat liberal.
Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sandoval, New Mexico: r r 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 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 Sandoval County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,180 contributions totaling $959,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,431 contributions totaling $270,527 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)