Kingston, New Mexico is a small town located in the north-central part of the state with a population of around 500 people. The town is governed by a Mayor and Board of Trustees, who are elected every two years. The current Mayor of Kingston is Joe Lopez, who has been in office since 2018. The Board of Trustees consists of four members: Romy Ybarra, David Pacheco Jr., Karen Lucero and John Parsons. While there is no local political party in Kingston, all candidates typically run on platforms that focus on improving infrastructure, promoting economic development, and encouraging community involvement in the town's affairs. Overall, politics in Kingston are focused on ensuring the prosperity and wellbeing of its citizens through responsible governance.
The political climate in Kingston, NM is moderately 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
Kingston, NM is moderately 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.
Kingston, 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 Kingston, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $4,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $4,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)