Laguna, New Mexico is a small mountain town located in Cibola County. The town has many attractions for visitors such as fishing, hunting, skiing, and camping. From an historical perspective, Laguna was founded by Spanish settlers around the 17th century when it served as an important trading post for the area. In recent years, politics have had a significant presence in Laguna with local representatives advocating for public safety, economic growth, education reform and environmental protection. Local politicians have also been involved in addressing issues related to poverty and domestic violence within their community. Currently there are several candidates running for office who are working towards improving the quality of life in Laguna and ensuring that their constituents’ needs are met.
The political climate in Laguna, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Cibola County, NM 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cibola county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 44.6%.
Cibola county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laguna, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Grants Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Laguna, 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 Laguna, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $16,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $2,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)