The politics in the Hobbs, NM Metro Area are heavily influenced by the people of the area. The population of Hobbs is 43,744 and it is located in Lea County. The city has an elected mayor and five members of a city council who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. This council is responsible for setting policy for the city and making sure taxes are collected from residents. Local political candidates typically come from a variety of backgrounds and bring unique perspectives to their campaigns. They focus on issues such as economic growth, healthcare, education, public safety, job creation, and infrastructure improvements. In addition, they must be knowledgeable about how state and federal laws impact local communities. With a diverse population that is growing quickly, politics in the Hobbs Metro Area will continue to be an exciting topic of discussion for years to come.
The political climate in Hobbs Metro Area is very conservative.
In Hobbs Metro Area 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Hobbs metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.4%.
The Hobbs metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hobbs 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.
Hobbs, 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 Hobbs Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 711 contributions totaling $63,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 930 contributions totaling $715,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)