The small town of Los Chaves, NM has a vibrant political landscape with many active local leaders. The town council is made up of multiple elected representatives that make decisions about the community's needs and overall direction. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Los Chaves and leads the town council in decision-making. Additionally, the city has a police force, fire department, public works department and other vital services that are overseen by local officials. In addition to the municipality's officials, Los Chaves also has its own congressional district representative in Washington DC who helps to ensure that local interests are conveyed on a federal level. All of these local politicians work together to ensure the prosperity and wellbeing of the citizens in Los Chaves for years to come.
The political climate in Los Chaves, NM is somewhat conservative.
Valencia County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Valencia County, NM 44.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Valencia county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 44.2%.
Valencia county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Chaves, NM is somewhat conservative.
Valencia County, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately 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.
Los Chaves, New Mexico: r R d d 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 Los Chaves, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,409 contributions totaling $248,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 658 contributions totaling $150,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)