McKinley County, New Mexico is a vibrant county with a rich history and culture. The county is home to a diverse population of people who are passionate about their community and political issues. Local politics in McKinley County reflects the values of its citizens, with candidates running for office that represent their values and interests. Political debates here focus on topics like healthcare, education, jobs, public safety, taxes, and infrastructure improvement. Candidates often make use of grassroots campaigns to reach voters directly in order to get their message across and build support for their platform. In addition to traditional campaigning methods, some candidates have also used digital media platforms such as social media to reach more local constituents. Ultimately, the people of McKinley County take an active role in deciding who will represent them in government.
The political climate in McKinley County, NM is very liberal.
In McKinley County, NM 68.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKinley county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.1% to 29.5%.
McKinley county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McKinley County, NM is very liberal.
Gallup Metro Area is very 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.
McKinley, New Mexico: D D 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 McKinley County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,472 contributions totaling $59,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $61,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)