In Atoka, NM, politics play an important role in the community. The city is governed by a mayor and four elected commissioners who make decisions about the local laws and regulations of the city. These officials are responsible for setting the tax rates, awarding contracts to vendors and creating policies that will benefit all citizens. All of these decisions have a direct impact on the people living in Atoka. Elections are held every two years to determine who will be representing the citizens on the commission. In addition, there are many other local political candidates seeking office from various parties and organizations, all with different opinions about how to best serve the citizens of Atoka. With so many choices available to voters, it's important for them to do their research and find out more information about each candidate before making their selection on Election Day.
The political climate in Atoka, NM is strongly conservative.
Eddy County, NM is very conservative. In Eddy County, NM 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eddy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Eddy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atoka, NM is strongly conservative.
Eddy County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area is very 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.
Atoka, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Atoka, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $4,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $210,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $698 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)