Pastura, NM is located in a rural area of New Mexico and has a small population. It is not represented on the state or national level by any political officials, although many local politicians are active in the community. The town relies heavily on its local government to make decisions that directly affect the residents. Local political candidates often run for office in order to help their community grow and change for the better. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, educational reform, environmental protection, and job growth are common topics for debate among local politicians. Residents of Pastura take an active role in local elections by attending public meetings and voting in order to support the best candidate for their interests.
The political climate in Pastura, NM is somewhat liberal.
Guadalupe County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Guadalupe County, NM 56.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guadalupe county remained strongly Democratic, 56.4% to 41.9%.
Guadalupe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pastura, NM is somewhat liberal.
Guadalupe County, New Mexico 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.
Pastura, 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 Pastura, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $8,406 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)