San Jose, located in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The Rio Arriba County Commission consists of five elected commissioners who provide local leadership and governance. The county is also represented in the New Mexico State Legislature by three senators and two representatives from the 21st District. In addition to state-level representation, San Jose also has a voice at the national level with it being part of the 3rd Congressional District of New Mexico. This district is currently represented by Representative Ben Ray Luján. Overseeing elections for both local and federal offices in the county is the Rio Arriba County Clerk's office who are responsible for ensuring that all elections are fair and transparent. With such strong representation from all levels of government, San Jose is well represented on the state, regional, and national stages.
The political climate in San Jose (Rio Arriba County), NM is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Jose (Rio Arriba County), NM is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola 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.
San Jose (Rio Arriba 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 Jose (Rio Arriba County), NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 802 contributions totaling $48,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $7,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)