Las Vegas, New Mexico is a small city located in the northeast corner of the state. Despite its size, it is an important economic and political hub for the region. The City of Las Vegas is governed by a Mayor and six City Council members who are all elected by the public. Local politics are heavily influenced by current trends in the area, with candidates from both major parties competing for votes every election cycle. The major issues that are discussed and debated range from budgeting to infrastructure to public safety. Additionally, local leaders strive to ensure that everyone in Las Vegas has access to quality services and amenities, such as roads, parks, libraries, schools, hospitals and more. The citizens of Las Vegas pride themselves on their ability to work together to make progress on key issues while still respecting each other's differences of opinion.
The political climate in Las Vegas, NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, NM is very liberal. In San Miguel County, NM 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 29.7%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Las Vegas, NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Las Vegas 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.
Las Vegas, 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 Las Vegas, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,428 contributions totaling $199,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $29,142 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)