Chaparral, NM is a small town located in the southwest region of the United States. The population of Chaparral is roughly 4,000 people and is a predominately Hispanic community. The local political candidates for the area are determined by the local town council. The current mayor is Joe Lopez who was elected in 2016 and has been in office ever since. He has worked to create economic growth within the community and focus on social issues such as affordable housing and public safety. In addition, he has formed a partnership with the local school district to ensure quality education for all students. Mayor Lopez works closely with other city officials such as City Manager Roberta Gomez and Police Chief Michael Sanchez to provide services that will make Chaparral a better place to live.
The political climate in Chaparral, NM is leaning conservative.
Otero County, NM is strongly conservative. In Otero County, NM 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.0%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chaparral, NM is leaning conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Las Cruces 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.
Chaparral, 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 Chaparral, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $11,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)