The small town of Glenwood, NM is governed by a mayor and four city council members. The current mayor is Robert Jones, who has been in office since 2016. He is supported by the city council members, including Adam Smith, Carla Rodriguez, John Anderson, and Gina Hill. The town's politics are largely focused on the day-to-day operations of the town, such as infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives. The local government works to make sure that the citizens of Glenwood are safe and have access to necessary resources such as health care and education. There is also an emphasis on supporting local businesses and helping them to grow. Overall, the political climate in Glenwood is one of collaboration and progress towards making Glenwood a great place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Glenwood, NM is strongly conservative.
Catron County, NM is very conservative. In Catron County, NM 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Catron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glenwood, NM is strongly conservative.
Catron 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.
Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $1,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)