The small town of North Valley, New Mexico is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Everyone in the area takes an active interest in the politics that shape the town. Local elections are hotly contested, as candidates often have long histories in the community and draw on personal relationships to gain support. Residents take part in debates over topics such as public education, infrastructure funding, and taxes. Despite being a small town, North Valley has a vibrant political atmosphere where everyone can make their voice heard.
The political climate in North Valley, NM is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, NM is strongly liberal. In Bernalillo County, NM 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bernalillo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.6%.
Bernalillo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Valley, NM is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
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.
North Valley, 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 North Valley, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,513 contributions totaling $1,395,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,345 contributions totaling $599,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)