Cloudcroft, New Mexico is a small town located in the Sacramento Mountains of Otero County. Located at an elevation of 8,665 feet, it is the highest incorporated municipality in the United States. Despite its small size, Cloudcroft boasts a vibrant political scene with numerous local candidates and issues to be discussed. Local politics tend to center around the economy, education, healthcare access, and the local environment. Candidates for office often campaign on their commitment to attentive and effective representation for all community members as well as their support for key issues dear to the hearts of Cloudcroft citizens. During election cycles there are often lively debates concerning the economic future of this mountain sanctuary as well as how best preserve its unique natural beauty for generations to come.
The political climate in Cloudcroft, NM is moderately 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
Cloudcroft, NM is moderately conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Alamogordo Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cloudcroft, 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 Cloudcroft, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $5,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $14,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $692 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)