Moriarty, NM is a small town located in Torrance County with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The town has a strong sense of community and pride in its history and local businesses. Politically, the town is largely conservative leaning with the majority of City Council and mayoral elections dominated by Republican candidates. Issues like job growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements, education reform, and property rights are often at the forefront of debates on local politics. In recent years the city council has been working to attract new businesses to bring economic development to the area while also preserving Moriarty’s unique identity as a rural community. Local residents are passionate about their political views and take part in many civic activities such as attending city council meetings and supporting their favorite candidates in elections.
The political climate in Moriarty, NM is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, NM is very conservative. In Torrance County, NM 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Torrance county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.2%.
Torrance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moriarty, NM is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, New Mexico is very conservative.
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.
Moriarty, 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 Moriarty, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 872 contributions totaling $84,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 509 contributions totaling $37,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)