The politics in Dulce, NM are vibrant and active. While the local political landscape does not feature any one particular name, there is still a great deal of civic engagement. The town has strong representation from both major political parties, with regular debates and discussions taking place between candidates and constituents in order to ensure that all voices are heard. Additionally, the community takes part in various initiatives throughout the year, such as clean-up days and voter registration drives. This collective effort has helped shape the overall political climate of Dulce for decades, ensuring that its citizens have a voice in their local government.
The political climate in Dulce, NM is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dulce, NM is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola Metro Area is very 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.
Dulce, 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 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 Dulce, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $88,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5,920 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)