Tecolote, New Mexico is a small community tucked away in the high desert of northern New Mexico. While the town may not be as large as some of its neighboring cities, it has an active political climate due to its proximity to larger metropolitan areas. The town's government consists of a Mayor and a five-member City Council who are elected during local elections to serve four year terms. The governing body provides local services such as public safety, road maintenance, and sewage treatment. Beyond that, Tecolote is represented by state and federal officials such as Congressmen and Senators in order to address larger issues concerning the state and nation. In addition, citizens of Tecolote have the right to vote for presidential candidates during national elections. Despite its size, Tecolote remains an important part of the political landscape in New Mexico.
The political climate in Tecolote, NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, NM is very liberal. In San Miguel County, NM 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 29.7%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tecolote, NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Las Vegas Metro Area is very 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.
Tecolote, 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 Tecolote, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,428 contributions totaling $199,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $29,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)