Union, NM County is a politically active area with many engaged citizens. The county regularly holds local elections to elect representatives to the county commission and school board. These representatives focus on issues that affect the local community in Union, NM County such as tax rates, infrastructure projects, public safety measures and educational funding. An important part of their role is to maintain an open dialogue with the people they represent, allowing them to understand their constituents’ needs and concerns. As a result of their hard work and dedication to the community, Union residents are well-informed about current political issues and stay up-to-date on the candidates who are running for office in the upcoming elections.
The political climate in Union County, NM is very conservative.
In Union County, NM 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.4%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union County, NM is very 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.
Union, 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 Union County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $21,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $7,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)