Midway is a small town located in Southern New Mexico, and the politics of the community are reflective of its small size. The town has no mayor or local government, and most decisions are made by consensus among the residents. Decisions about the town's development, infrastructure, and public services are discussed at regular town meetings. Residents also elect representatives to participate in regional county and state meetings, who carry the collective concerns of Midway's citizens back to those organizations. Though there are no local candidates running for office, Midway's citizens take part in state and national elections to ensure their voices are heard on larger issues such as healthcare reform and environmental protection.
The political climate in Midway, NM is moderately conservative.
Chaves County, NM is very conservative. In Chaves County, NM 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chaves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
Chaves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midway, NM is moderately conservative.
Chaves County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Roswell Metro Area is very 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.
Midway, 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 Midway, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 309 contributions totaling $15,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 373 contributions totaling $73,459 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)