Escondido, NM is a small city located in New Mexico that has a total population of around 8,000 people. Although a small city, it still has its own political landscape. The City Council is comprised of five members elected by the public every four years and they are responsible for representing the will of the residents when it comes to local decisions and policies. Each year they are required to come up with and pass resolutions on various issues including environmental protection, economic development, budgeting and housing. Additionally, Escondido also holds municipal elections for mayor and treasurer every two years, allowing citizens to directly decide who will lead their city during that period of time. In addition to its elected officials, there are various volunteer committees that have been formed to help shape policy decisions related to topics such as transportation, education and community safety. These groups strive to ensure that the citizens of Escondido have input into the way their city is shaped each day.
The political climate in Escondida, NM is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, NM is leaning liberal. In Socorro County, NM 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Socorro county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 45.5%.
Socorro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Escondida, NM is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, New Mexico is leaning 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.
Escondida, 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 Escondida, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,693 contributions totaling $99,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $111,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)