The politics of the Silver City, NM Metro Area is diverse and varied. The city is governed by a mayor and a six-member city council, all of whom are elected by the citizens of the area. At the state level, the metro area is represented in both houses of the New Mexico legislature. At the federal level, they are represented by two Senators in Washington D.C., and one member in the House of Representatives. All three offices are filled through elections held every two years. The area has seen candidates come from both sides of the aisle who have worked to build bridges between different communities and create effective solutions to everyday problems that affect their constituents.
The political climate in Silver City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Silver City Metro Area 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Silver City metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
The Silver City metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Silver City, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Silver City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,977 contributions totaling $190,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $70,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)