Politics in 88310 Alamogordo, NM are heavily focused on local issues. The city is currently governed by a Mayor and City Commission with six seats. The Commission is responsible for enacting ordinances to ensure the safety of citizens, providing services and amenities such as parks, libraries, and infrastructure improvement projects, and managing the budget. Members of the commission are elected to four-year terms in non-partisan elections.
Alamogordo is also served by several state legislators who decide policies affecting the entire state. These representatives are elected every two years during each general election in November. Additionally, the city has one representative in the US House of Representatives that serves a two-year term. All candidates running for office must abide by filing deadlines and complete an extensive process before they can be listed on any ballot.
The political climate in Zip 88310 (Alamogordo, NM) is moderately conservative.
Otero County, NM is strongly conservative. In Otero County, NM 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.0%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88310 (Alamogordo, NM) is moderately conservative.
Alamogordo, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Alamogordo Metro Area is strongly 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.
Alamogordo, 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 zip 88310 (Alamogordo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,662 contributions totaling $63,557 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $102,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)