Santa Clara Pueblo is located in northern New Mexico and is home to the Native American Tewa people. It has a traditional government and is sovereign from state and federal laws. The traditional government includes the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Tribal Council as its leaders. These leaders are elected by members of the Santa Clara Pueblo via tribal elections, which take place every two years. The Tribal Council enforces laws that protect traditional customs, culture, and heritage. Additionally, they are responsible for establishing policies regarding economic development, education, health care services, public safety services, water rights management, natural resources management, and other community activities. Additionally, they work closely with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to ensure that federal regulations are met. As a result of their efforts to uphold traditional values while also meeting modern needs in terms of economic development and access to resources such as water rights management have made them successful in promoting a healthy lifestyle for all members of the Santa Clara Pueblo community.
The political climate in Santa Clara Pueblo, 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
Santa Clara Pueblo, 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.
Santa Clara Pueblo, 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 Santa Clara Pueblo, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $47,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 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)