Elida, NM is a small town with a population of about 500 people. The local political landscape is shaped by its size and by the limited number of candidates who are willing to run for office. The town holds elections every two years and has an open-seat election each time. Elida elects a mayor and three trustees to serve on the Town Board. As they are all elected at the same time, most of the campaigns typically focus on issues that affect Elida as a whole rather than individual candidates. Residents of Elida take great pride in their local government and strive to elect leaders who will represent their interests and ensure that their community remains safe, prosperous, and healthy.
The political climate in Elida, NM is very conservative.
Roosevelt County, NM is very conservative. In Roosevelt County, NM 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roosevelt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.1% to 27.3%.
Roosevelt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elida, NM is very conservative.
Roosevelt County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Portales 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.
Elida, 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 Elida, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)