Los Alamos County is a county located in northern New Mexico and is part of the state's \"Four Corners\" region. Located in the Jemez Mountains, Los Alamos County is home to parts of two national forests, the Santa Fe National Forest and the Valles Caldera National Preserve. Despite its small population of just under 19,000 people, Los Alamos County plays an important role in regional politics. As part of the state's second congressional district, the county is represented by U.S. Representative Xochitl Torres Small. The county also sends a representative to both chambers of the New Mexico State Legislature. On a local level, there are several political figures who serve as representatives for constituents in Los Alamos County. These representatives work diligently to ensure that local issues are addressed in their respective legislative bodies and that their constituents' voices are heard on matters of importance to them and their communities.
The political climate in Los Alamos County, NM is strongly liberal.
In Los Alamos County, NM 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Los Alamos county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 34.8%.
Los Alamos county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Alamos County, NM is strongly liberal.
Los Alamos Metro Area is strongly 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.
Los Alamos, New Mexico: R r 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 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 Los Alamos County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,917 contributions totaling $360,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $134,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)