Politics in San Antonio, NM are centered around the Mayor of San Antonio and the four member Board of Trustees that make up the local government. The Mayor is elected at-large by all registered voters and serves a four year term. The Board of Trustees are also elected at-large, two members serve a two year term while the other two serve a four year term. Local politics are active as residents take part in forums and meetings to discuss issues important to the community such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, and creating a vibrant downtown district. Recently, there has been an emphasis on diversifying local businesses so that San Antonio is better equipped to attract more visitors and create job opportunities for its citizens. The city is focused on providing resources to help existing organizations succeed while encouraging new start ups to enter the market.
The political climate in San Antonio, NM is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, NM is leaning liberal. In Socorro County, NM 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Socorro county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 45.5%.
Socorro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Antonio, NM is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, New Mexico 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.
San Antonio, 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 San Antonio, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,785 contributions totaling $103,083 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 252 contributions totaling $120,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)