Hurley, New Mexico is a small town of about 1,000 people located in the southwest corner of the state. Though it's small, the politics in Hurley are still very important to its citizens. The local government consists of a mayor and five city council members who are elected every four years by the residents of Hurley. The mayor is responsible for running municipal meetings and deciding on various local policies. The city council is responsible for setting budgets and enacting laws that affect all citizens in Hurley. Every four years, residents go to the polls to vote for their preferred candidates to represent them in their local government. These elections are often lively affairs as locals carefully consider each candidate's qualifications and track record on various issues before casting their ballots.
The political climate in Hurley, NM is leaning liberal.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hurley, NM is leaning liberal.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hurley, New Mexico: d d D D d d
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 Hurley, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)