Harding County, NM is a rural area with a population of just over 1,500 people. Despite its small size, the county has an active political climate with several local candidates running for various offices. In recent years, the county has seen an increase in local involvement in politics and more people are participating in the process than ever before. The focus of the local politicians tends to be on smaller scale initiatives such as improving infrastructure or increasing job opportunities for residents. Issues that affect the entire state of New Mexico are also addressed by Harding County politicians who work hard to ensure their constituents have their voices heard on a larger level.
The political climate in Harding County, NM is strongly conservative.
In Harding County, NM 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 35.4%.
Harding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harding County, NM is strongly 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.
Harding, 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 Harding County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $6,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)