Elephant Butte, NM is a small city located in the Southwestern United States. It is part of Sierra County, which has had a long political history. The city government of Elephant Butte is made up of a mayor and five council members who are elected by the citizens of the city. Every election season, the citizens have the opportunity to choose from a variety of local candidates who are running for office. Each candidate brings unique perspectives and ideas on how to improve the city and move it forward in a positive direction. Although politics in Elephant Butte may be quite different than larger cities, they still have an impact on the lives of its citizens and shape their future.
The political climate in Elephant Butte, NM is somewhat conservative.
Sierra County, NM is moderately conservative. In Sierra County, NM 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sierra county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.1%.
Sierra county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elephant Butte, NM is somewhat conservative.
Sierra County, New Mexico is moderately 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.
Elephant Butte, 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 Elephant Butte, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,193 contributions totaling $35,922 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $91,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)