The Taos Pueblo in New Mexico is an ancient and traditional Native American community with a long history of political organization and local governance. For the last two centuries, the Taos Pueblo has been governed through a network of elected tribal officials, who are all members of the Taos Pueblo tribe. These officials include a governor and vice-governor, as well as council members who serve on various committees such as budget and finance, health and welfare, education, culture preservation, environment protection, natural resources management, laws and ordinances enforcement, public safety and emergency services. The elected officials are accountable to the people they represent, working to ensure that their rights are respected within the framework of local laws and customs. They provide an important platform for members of the community to make their voices heard regarding issues affecting their daily lives.
The political climate in Taos Pueblo, NM is moderately liberal.
Taos County, NM is very liberal. In Taos County, NM 76.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taos county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.4% to 21.6%.
Taos county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taos Pueblo, NM is moderately liberal.
Taos County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Taos 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.
Taos Pueblo, 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 Taos Pueblo, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,208 contributions totaling $575,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $54,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)