De Baca County in New Mexico is a rural and sparsely populated area with just over 2,000 residents. Although the population of De Baca County is small, the county does have its own local political representatives who are active in representing their constituents and advocating for their needs. Local elections often draw candidates from both major political parties to vie for county offices, such as sheriff, district attorney, treasurer and commissioners. Each candidate brings their own ideas and experience to the table so that voters can make an informed decision when it comes to electing officers who will serve the best interests of the De Baca County community.
The political climate in De Baca County, NM is very conservative.
In De Baca County, NM 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Baca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.6%.
De Baca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
De Baca County, NM is very conservative.
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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.
De Baca, 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 De Baca County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $17,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)