Pinos Altos, NM is a small town located in Grant County in the southwestern corner of New Mexico. With a population of just over 400 residents, Pinos Altos is known for its small-town charm and rural lifestyle. Despite its size, the town is an important part of the local political landscape. Local politics in Pinos Altos revolve around many of the same issues found in larger towns and cities throughout New Mexico, such as education, job growth, infrastructure improvements and financial security. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected every two years through a general election. In addition to these elected officials, there are also several committees that serve to keep the community informed on matters related to government services and policy changes. The local political scene in Pinos Altos continues to be very active and engaged with residents having the opportunity participate in decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Pinos Altos, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pinos Altos, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pinos Altos, 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 Pinos Altos, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,080 contributions totaling $260,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 428 contributions totaling $51,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)