Eddy County, NM is a politically active county with many passionate citizens dedicated to advocating for the issues that are important to them. It has a long history of Democratic dominance and is home to many local political candidates from both sides of the aisle. In recent years, Eddy County has attracted state-level attention for its progressive stances on topics such as environmentalism, LGBTQ rights, education reform, gun control, and taxation. The primary election cycle in Eddy County typically features a crowded field of well-known and qualified candidates vying for public office. In addition to electing their own representatives at the county level, Eddy County residents have an influence on the larger New Mexico political landscape through their participation in statewide elections. With high voter turnout and enthusiasm for making their voices heard at the ballot box, Eddy County's politics remain vibrant and dynamic.
The political climate in Eddy County, NM is very conservative.
In Eddy County, NM 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eddy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Eddy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eddy County, NM is very conservative.
Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Eddy, New Mexico: R R R R R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Eddy County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 846 contributions totaling $79,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 757 contributions totaling $562,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)