The small community of 88022 Arenas Valley, NM is governed by a strong local political system, which is represented by the elected officials who make up its governing body. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of all citizens in this town. They work to ensure that their decisions are in line with the values and beliefs of the residents and uphold a sense of unity within the community. The locals in Arenas Valley take pride in their political system, which is evident through voter turnout during elections and town hall meetings where local politicians engage with constituents. With an engaged populace and a dedicated governing body, Arenas Valley remains a community that values democracy and strives to provide citizens with basic rights and liberties.
The political climate in Zip 88022 (Arenas Valley, NM) is leaning liberal.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88022 (Arenas Valley, NM) is leaning liberal.
Arenas Valley, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Arenas Valley, New Mexico: d d 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 88022 (Arenas Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $2,366 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)