The city of Pecan Park, NM is located in the western part of the state and has a long history of political involvement. The local government is made up of elected representatives from each ward who are responsible for creating laws and managing the city's finances. Locals have a wide range of opinions when it comes to politics, but they all agree on one thing: the city's future depends on the decisions that are made by its elected officials. The citizens take their civic duty seriously and make sure to stay informed on local issues so that they can vote and voice their opinion in elections. Every election cycle, residents come out to cast their ballots for the candidates that best represent their values and beliefs. Voting is a way for citizens to shape the future of Pecan Park and ensure that their voices are being heard.
The political climate in Pecan Park, NM is somewhat conservative.
Luna County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Luna County, NM 44.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luna county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 44.0%.
Luna county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pecan Park, NM is somewhat conservative.
Luna County, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
Deming Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pecan Park, New Mexico: r R d 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 Pecan Park, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 203 contributions totaling $10,253 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $18,653 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)