Carlsbad, New Mexico is a small city in the state of New Mexico. The city has a long history of political involvement, with citizens actively engaging in local and state-level politics to ensure their voices are heard. Local elections often involve candidates from different parties vying for seats on the Carlsbad City Council or other offices in the area. On the state level, quality of life issues like education reform and infrastructure improvements are always at the forefront of political debate. Carlsbad residents also have access to numerous resources that allow them to stay informed about current legislation so they can continue to be active participants in their local politics.
The political climate in Carlsbad, NM is moderately conservative.
Eddy County, NM is very conservative. In Eddy County, NM 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eddy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Eddy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carlsbad, NM is moderately conservative.
Eddy County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Carlsbad, New Mexico: R R R R R R
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 Carlsbad, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 593 contributions totaling $58,785 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 423 contributions totaling $326,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $771 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)