San Jose, or San Miguel County, is a county located in north-central New Mexico. It is home to the city of Las Vegas, which serves as its county seat. The local politics of San Jose are predominantly Democratic, with the majority of recent elections being won by Democratic candidates. The New Mexico Senate and House of Representatives both have several Democratic representatives from the county. As a whole, San Jose is focused on issues that benefit local residents, such as job creation and infrastructure investments. Additionally, the county government has dedicated itself to providing accessible and affordable healthcare to all its citizens through its Medicaid expansion program. With leaders who prioritize these important issues for their constituents, it’s no wonder why Democrats have been successful in elections here.
The political climate in San Jose (San Miguel County), NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, NM is very liberal. In San Miguel County, NM 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 29.7%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Jose (San Miguel County), NM is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Las Vegas 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 (San Miguel 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 (San Miguel County), NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $12,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)