New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern United States. It is one of the Mountain States and has a diverse population, with people from various ethnic backgrounds. New Mexico is also known for its vibrant political culture. In the state legislature, there are two houses – the House of Representatives and the Senate. There are numerous political parties that have representation in the legislature, including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party and several independent factions. Each of these parties has elected representatives to represent their different positions on various issues that affect all citizens living in New Mexico. Additionally, New Mexico holds elections for local government officials who are responsible for administering local laws and making decisions that directly impact residents living within their jurisdiction. These individuals include mayors, county commissioners and other city council members whose primary goal is to serve their constituents’ needs and protect their interests.
The political climate in New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
In New Mexico 54.3% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 43.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, New Mexico remained strongly Democratic, 54.3% to 43.5%.
New Mexico voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
New Mexico, New Mexico: d 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 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 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 New Mexico
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215,550 contributions totaling $21,427,605 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24,450 contributions totaling $7,069,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)