Chaves County, New Mexico is a small county located in the southeastern corner of the state. It has a population of about 65,000 and contains several small towns and communities. Politically speaking, Chaves County is mostly conservative with a few liberal-leaning communities scattered throughout. The local politics in the county are dominated by Republicans, who hold most of the offices and positions in the area. On the national level, Chaves County tends to vote for Republicans as well. This is mainly due to its rural nature and proximity to Texas, which historically has had a Republican majority. Many of the local political candidates running for office come from both major parties and have different perspectives when it comes to issues like taxes, education, and healthcare. There is an ongoing dialogue between these candidates that encourages discussions on current issues facing Chaves County residents.
The political climate in Chaves County, NM is very conservative.
In Chaves County, NM 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chaves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
Chaves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chaves County, NM is very conservative.
Roswell 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.
Chaves, 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 Chaves County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,467 contributions totaling $79,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 806 contributions totaling $370,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)