Bloomfield, NM is a small town in San Juan County located in Northwestern New Mexico. The town is known for its rich cultural history and beautiful landscapes. Politically, Bloomfield has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold in the county, with most of the local elected officials belonging to the party. There have been some Republican candidates that have attempted to challenge the Democratic stronghold, but they have not been successful so far. The current mayor of Bloomfield is a Democrat who was re-elected in 2019. While the majority of local politics runs along party lines, there continues to be strong support from both sides for issues that benefit the citizens of Bloomfield and the greater San Juan County area. Regardless of their political views, most residents are proud to be part of this vibrant and diverse community.
The political climate in Bloomfield, NM is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, NM is strongly conservative. In San Juan County, NM 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.6%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bloomfield, NM is somewhat conservative.
San Juan County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Farmington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bloomfield, 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 Bloomfield, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 654 contributions totaling $21,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $18,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)