El Rito, New Mexico is a small rural village located in North Central New Mexico. It has a population of around 700 people and is part of the larger Rio Arriba County. The Village of El Rito is governed by elected officials who represent the local community’s interests in local, state, and federal matters. The most recent political election was for mayor, which was won by Mayor Angelica Romero-Ruiz. Since then, she has been an advocate for El Rito and its residents on issues such as healthcare, education, business development, and infrastructure improvements. She has also worked to increase civic engagement in the village by hosting public meetings and engaging with members of the community. Additionally, Ms. Romero-Ruiz serves on various committees that focus on community needs such as economic development and housing initiatives. There are several other state representatives from El Rito who serve on various committees focusing on different topics within the state legislature. These include state representative Javier Martinez who serves as chair of the Housing and Urban Development Committee; Wilhelmina Curley who serves on the Education Committee; Robert Padilla who is a member of the Energy Conservation Committee; and Eileen Salas serving on the Small Business Development Committee. All these politicians work to improve life in El Rito by advocating for legislation that will benefit their constituents while carefully considering their individual needs and goals for their community’s future growth.
The political climate in El Rito, 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
El Rito, 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.
El Rito, 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 El Rito, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $7,051 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)