Las Cruces, NM 88001 is a vibrant and diverse community of over 101,000 residents. Politics in the area are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The city has seen several Democrats elected to local office, including the mayor of Las Cruces, Ken Miyagishima, who was re-elected in 2019. In addition to the mayor's position, there are also several City Council positions and other municipal-level posts that are held by members of the Democratic Party. The city has been represented in Congress by Democrat Xochitl Torres Small since 2019. Las Cruces truly serves as an example of how local politics can have a large impact on the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 88001 (Las Cruces, NM) is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, NM is moderately liberal. In Dona Ana County, NM 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dona Ana county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.7%.
Dona Ana county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88001 (Las Cruces, NM) is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces Metro Area is moderately 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.
Las Cruces, 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 88001 (Las Cruces)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,145 contributions totaling $137,039 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $40,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)