Lake Roberts, NM is a small town located in the southwestern corner of New Mexico. It is part of Sierra County and has a very rural feel to it. Despite its small size, Lake Roberts is a community with an active political scene. Every two years, local elections are held for county commissioners and other government officials. During these elections, citizens of Lake Roberts are encouraged to actively participate in their town’s political process by exercising their right to vote. Public forums such as debates, meetings, and events are held throughout the election season so that locals can learn more about the candidates running for office as well as how they plan to serve the community if elected into office. Furthermore, educational sessions are offered on topics such as voter registration and how to cast their ballots. In this way, Lake Roberts residents have multiple opportunities to become informed about local politics and contribute to the decision-making processes that affect their lives.
The political climate in Lake Roberts, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Roberts, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area 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.
Lake Roberts, 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 Lake Roberts, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,996 contributions totaling $127,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $25,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)