The small town of Rio en Medio, NM is no stranger to politics. Despite its diminutive size, the city is home to a diverse group of citizens who all take an active role in shaping the political landscape. Political candidates from both major parties often campaign in Rio en Medio and the local populace takes their civic duty seriously. The city prides itself on having open discussions about current events and policy decisions, with many citizens showing up to local town meetings to voice their opinion. Although it is a small community, it also has a big heart when it comes to taking part in the democratic process.
The political climate in Rio en Medio, NM is somewhat liberal.
Santa Fe County, NM is very liberal. In Santa Fe County, NM 76.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Fe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.0% to 22.3%.
Santa Fe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rio en Medio, NM is somewhat liberal.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Santa Fe 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.
Rio en Medio, 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 Rio en Medio, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,062 contributions totaling $989,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 422 contributions totaling $101,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)