Cotton City is a small town in New Mexico. Located in the high desert, the community has a proud and storied history of being an active political center with many engaged citizens. Although Cotton City does not have any local political candidates running for office at the moment, its citizens are still highly involved in politics on both the local and national levels. People from all walks of life come together to discuss the issues that matter most to the people of Cotton City, such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvement, and promoting economic growth. Residents also attend rallies, host fundraisers, and write letters to their politicians advocating for their beliefs. This level of active civic engagement helps to ensure that Cotton City remains vibrant and relevant politically.
The political climate in Cotton City, NM is somewhat conservative.
Hidalgo County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Hidalgo County, NM 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hidalgo county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.7%.
Hidalgo county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cotton City, NM is somewhat conservative.
Hidalgo County, New Mexico is somewhat 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.
Cotton City, New Mexico: r R d d 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 Cotton City, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $35,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,953 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)