Hatch, NM is a small town in the state of New Mexico with a population of about 2,000 people. It is an agricultural community that is home to many local farms and orchards. Politics in Hatch are mainly managed at the municipal level and focus on issues such as agricultural policy, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and land use management. The mayor of Hatch serves as the head of the city commission and leads the discussion for most policies that are put into place. In addition to the mayor’s seat, Hatch also elects three other city commissioners to represent their interests in matters of local politics. Elections for these positions occur every four years and local citizens can get involved by voting or volunteering on political campaigns. The city commission works together to ensure that Hatch continues to be a vibrant and safe community where everyone is welcome and all voices are heard.
The political climate in Hatch, NM is somewhat liberal.
Dona Ana County, NM is moderately liberal. In Dona Ana County, NM 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dona Ana county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.7%.
Dona Ana county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hatch, NM is somewhat liberal.
Dona Ana County, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hatch, 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 Hatch, 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 38 contributions totaling $24,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $653 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)