Mora County, located in Northern New Mexico, is a rural and largely agricultural area with an eclectic mix of cultures. The county is home to two major Native American tribes, the Mescalero Apache and the Jicarilla Apache. These two tribes have had a long history of political involvement in the county. The Mescalero are represented by a tribal council which has been actively involved in local politics over the years. Additionally, the Jicarilla have been involved in tribal politics since their establishment in Mora County back in 1879. In recent years, local politics have centered around issues such as water rights, health care access for rural residents, renewable energy developments, and economic development projects. These issues have been discussed at county meetings and debated among local politicians in order to come up with solutions that best serve the people of Mora County. In addition to these political concerns, there are many non-political groups that are active members of Mora County's civic life, including environmental organizations and faith-based groups.
The political climate in Mora County, NM is strongly liberal.
In Mora County, NM 65.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mora county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.0% to 33.6%.
Mora county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mora County, NM is strongly liberal.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Mora, 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 Mora County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $23,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $3,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)