The politics in Roswell, NM Metro Area are largely influenced by the local government. The City of Roswell is governed by a Mayor and six City Council Members, who are elected by the citizens every four years. The local political landscape is relatively conservative, as indicated by the Republican majorities in both the State House and Senate. There are several organizations that are actively involved in advocating for policies that will benefit Roswell's residents such as the New Mexico Federation of Labor and a variety of independent voter rights groups. Additionally, there are numerous civic organizations that focus on improving the quality of life for Roswell's citizens including neighborhood associations, business alliances and other non-profits. With an increasingly active citizenry participating in municipal elections and other forms of civic engagement, politics in the Roswell metro area promises to remain vibrant for many years to come.
The political climate in Roswell Metro Area is very conservative.
In Roswell Metro Area 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Roswell metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
The Roswell metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roswell 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.
Roswell, 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 Roswell Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,467 contributions totaling $79,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 806 contributions totaling $370,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)