The small town of Hurley, New Mexico is home to around 1,000 residents who are passionate about local politics. The political landscape of 88043 Hurley is focused on local issues and the needs of its residents. Every two years, a mayor and four city councilors are elected by popular vote to represent the people of Hurley in government decisions. The mayor and city councilors are responsible for setting policies on a variety of issues such as infrastructure maintenance, public safety, zoning laws, and economic development. As a community known for its strong sense of local pride and solidarity, the people of Hurley take an active role in deciding who should represent them in their city government. It is through this commitment to local politics that 88043 Hurley preserves its unique identity as a close-knit town with a shared vision for its future.
The political climate in Zip 88043 (Hurley, 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 88043 (Hurley, NM) is leaning liberal.
Hurley, 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.
Hurley, 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 88043 (Hurley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,484 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)