The small town of Jaconita, NM is a largely rural area with a population of approximately 1,000 people. Despite its small size, the town has an active local political scene and has elected several representatives to both state-level and county-level offices. The most recent election cycle saw two candidates vying for a local representative seat in the state legislature. Both candidates had strong backgrounds and had deep roots in the community, allowing them to capture significant support from local voters and ultimately resulting in a close race and an exciting primary election season. Despite the competitive nature of the campaign, both candidates campaigned on a platform of advocating for the needs of Jaconita’s residents while also preserving the town’s unique character and sense of community. As such, public policy debates are often focused on issues that directly affect the people living there such as access to healthcare, education funding, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives.
The political climate in Jaconita, NM is somewhat liberal.
Santa Fe County, NM is very liberal. In Santa Fe County, NM 76.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Fe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.0% to 22.3%.
Santa Fe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jaconita, NM is somewhat liberal.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Santa Fe Metro Area is very 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.
Jaconita, 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 Jaconita, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,439 contributions totaling $905,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 404 contributions totaling $99,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)