San Antonito, New Mexico is a small and close-knit community located in Bernalillo County. The town is politically engaged and has its own representative on the local county commission. Residents of San Antonito take pride in their political activities and are eager to support their local representatives. Over the years, many candidates have been elected to serve on the board, including recently members from both major parties. The people of San Antonio actively discuss important issues with one another, such as budgeting, taxes, land use policies, public safety initiatives, and other topics related to their everyday lives. Local leaders work hard to ensure that residents feel heard by engaging in meaningful discussions at town hall meetings and neighborhood forums. As a result of this commitment to civic engagement, San Antonito continues to be an active participant in county politics.
The political climate in San Antonito (Bernalillo County), NM is leaning 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
San Antonito (Bernalillo County), NM is leaning 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.
San Antonito (Bernalillo County), 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 San Antonito (Bernalillo County), NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,748 contributions totaling $88,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $29,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)