The small town of Placitas, NM is known for its strong sense of community and local politics. 87043 Placitas, NM is home to a diverse population that values not only their individual rights but also the rights of their neighbors. The local political scene features many candidates who are dedicated to representing the needs of their community in the best possible way. These candidates come from diverse backgrounds and have unique ideas about how to ensure that all voices within Placitas are heard during election season. Local campaigns focus on topics such as education, economic development, environmental protection, public safety, and more. Regardless of which candidate is elected, it is clear that they all have the same goal in mind: to make Placitas an even better place to live and raise a family.
The political climate in Zip 87043 (Placitas, NM) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 87043 (Placitas, NM) is leaning liberal.
Placitas, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Sandoval County, New Mexico 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.
Placitas, 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 zip 87043 (Placitas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,459 contributions totaling $238,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $73,107 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $636 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)