Rock Springs, NM is a small town in the south of New Mexico with a tight-knit community. As in many small towns, politics plays an important role in shaping the town as it works to grow and develop. Local politicians have worked hard to ensure that Rock Springs’s citizens are taken care of and their needs are addressed. These politicians have created policies designed to address concerns such as health care, education, crime prevention, housing affordability, and job creation. This work has been instrumental in helping Rock Springs remain a vibrant and prosperous community for all its residents. The local political landscape is constantly evolving and changing as new candidates emerge each election season to represent the unique interests of different constituencies within the town. Regardless of who emerges victorious at the polls, Rock Springs is committed to continuing its long history of progress and development for years to come.
The political climate in Rock Springs, NM is moderately liberal.
McKinley County, NM is very liberal. In McKinley County, NM 68.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKinley county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.1% to 29.5%.
McKinley county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rock Springs, NM is moderately liberal.
McKinley County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Gallup Metro Area is very 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.
Rock Springs, 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 Rock Springs, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $2,791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)