The Carlsbad-Artesia Metropolitan Area is located in southeastern New Mexico and has been an important center of economic growth and political activity in the region. The City of Carlsbad is home to a number of state and local politicians, including Senator Pete Domenici, Representative Steve Pearce, and State Representatives Cathrynn Brown and James Townsend. Many of these candidates have strong ties to the local community, having grown up in the area or served in government previously. They are committed to working together to address issues such as economic development, infrastructure development, public education reform, and environmental protection. Additionally, there are a number of political clubs and organizations that focus on local issues such as immigration reform and social justice initiatives. All of these entities work together to ensure that the Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area enjoys a vibrant political atmosphere that is committed to making positive changes for all its citizens.
The political climate in Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area is very conservative.
In Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Carlsbad-Artesia metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
The Carlsbad-Artesia metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Carlsbad-Artesia, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Carlsbad-Artesia Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 846 contributions totaling $79,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 757 contributions totaling $562,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)