The politics in the Los Alamos, NM Metro Area is largely determined by the local government. This area is home to a number of small townships and villages, all of which are governed by their own mayor and council. There are also several school districts that are overseen by locally elected boards. In addition, there are county commissioners who have jurisdiction over large sections of the area's overall population. The state has a strong presence here as well with representation from both Democrats and Republicans at the state level. Elections for local offices occur every two years and they often attract a competitive list of candidates who strive to make the area a better place to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in Los Alamos Metro Area is strongly liberal.
In Los Alamos Metro Area 61.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Los Alamos metro area remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.5% to 34.8%.
The Los Alamos metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Los Alamos Metro Area is strongly 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.
Los Alamos, New Mexico: R r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Los Alamos Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,917 contributions totaling $360,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $134,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)