The small village of Tijeras, NM is located in Bernalillo County and is part of the Albuquerque metro area. Politically, Tijeras residents are represented at the local level by Mayor Jorge Gonzales. Additionally, the village is part of the New Mexico State Senate District 24 and State House District 22. At a regional level, the village is also included in Congressional district 1. As for larger national politics, most residents of Tijeras tend to vote along Democratic Party lines due to the prevalence of progressive values throughout the state. Despite this inclination, many also take a moderate approach towards voting on various issues relevant to their community. This appears to be particularly true among younger generations who recognize that different stances can be taken on a variety of matters without having an overall partisan loyalty.
The political climate in Tijeras, NM is leaning 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
Tijeras, NM is leaning 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.
Tijeras, 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 Tijeras, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,659 contributions totaling $68,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $38,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)