Los Lunas, New Mexico is a small town with a population of about 15,000 people. The city is governed by the Mayor and four City Council Members who are elected by local citizens. The City Council works together to make decisions on issues such as infrastructure, public safety and economic development. For example, in recent years they have been working on improving roads and creating new businesses in the community. Los Lunas also has an active political scene with many different opinions expressed through local newspaper articles, city council meetings and public forums. Currently, the mayor of Los Lunas is Richard Dunn and the City Council Members are Robert Jara, Robin Crespin-Baldonado, Brian McDaniel and Janice Armstrong-Trujillo. These officials are responsible for setting policy for the city and ensuring that it runs smoothly.
The political climate in Los Lunas, NM is leaning 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 Lunas, NM is leaning 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 Lunas, 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 Lunas, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,065 contributions totaling $112,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $66,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)