The politics in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM are lively and diverse. The village is governed by five elected trustees who serve four-year terms. The trustees are responsible for enacting the policies and ordinances of the village, which include issues such as police and public safety, land use, economic development, public works projects, and community events. There are also several local political candidates that run for office each year, from a variety of political parties. These candidates bring their own ideas to the table and offer voters multiple options when it comes to selecting representatives for their village government. It is a vibrant system of democracy that provides a voice for all citizens of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.
The political climate in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, NM is strongly liberal. In Bernalillo County, NM 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bernalillo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.6%.
Bernalillo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Albuquerque 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.
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 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 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,411 contributions totaling $1,332,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,205 contributions totaling $555,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $461 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)