Fort Sumner, NM is a small town located in De Baca County, New Mexico. The town has a population of approximately 1,800 people and is surrounded by rolling hills and agricultural land. Despite its small size, Fort Sumner is home to an active political climate. The city is divided into districts with each district having its own mayor and representatives that are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents in the city council. These local leaders are responsible for making important decisions on matters such as zoning laws, infrastructure improvements, budgets and other city initiatives. Local elections take place every two years and citizens can vote on candidates of their choice to be elected into office. Through electing dedicated individuals to represent them in the government, residents of Fort Sumner are able to make sure their voices are heard in order to ensure their needs are met on a local level.
The political climate in Fort Sumner, NM is strongly conservative.
De Baca County, NM is very conservative. In De Baca County, NM 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Baca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.6%.
De Baca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Sumner, NM is strongly conservative.
De Baca County, New Mexico 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.
Fort Sumner, 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 Fort Sumner, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $17,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)