San Miguel County in New Mexico is a traditionally politically conservative county. In recent years there has been an uptick in political dialogue and participation as the county's population has grown. A number of local political candidates have been elected to represent San Miguel at the state and local levels. The county is fairly evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, with a growing independent population making its presence felt. As such, the local political landscape is often lively and contested, with many interesting debates taking place in the run up to elections. There is also a thriving civic engagement scene, with many community organizations working together to ensure that everyone's voice is heard in matters of public policy and civil rights.
The political climate in San Miguel County, NM is very liberal.
In San Miguel County, NM 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 29.7%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Miguel County, NM is very liberal.
Las Vegas 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.
San Miguel, 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 San Miguel County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,760 contributions totaling $145,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $19,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)