Milan, New Mexico is a small town located in Cibola County and has a population of about 880 people. The town is served by the Cibola County Commission, which governs all of the county. This commission is composed of five members who are elected to four-year terms. Currently, these members are Commissioner Woody Smith (District 1), Commissioner David D'Amico (District 2), Commissioner Gloria Chavez (District 3), Commissioner Justin Salazar (District 4) and Commissioner Lelia Barboza-Harris (District 5). The commission meets regularly with each member participating in decisions that affect Milan and all of Cibola County’s residents. Additionally, the citizens of Milan have their own representatives at the state legislature as well as a United States Congressman who represent them in Washington D.C., ensuring that the town's needs are heard on both local and national levels.
The political climate in Milan, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Cibola County, NM 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cibola county remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 44.6%.
Cibola county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Milan, NM is leaning liberal.
Cibola County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Grants Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Milan, 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 Milan, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $11,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $15,148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)