Las Cruces, NM is a vibrant and diverse city with many exciting political debates taking place. Located in Doña Ana County, the local politics of 88012 are focused on issues that affect its citizens directly such as economic development, education reform, public safety, and environmental sustainability. The current mayor for Las Cruces is Ken Miyagishima who has served in office since 2007. At the county level, Doña Ana County is currently represented by Pete Gallegos and Kim Hakes who both serve on the Board of County Commissioners. Additionally, there are several state representatives and senators from New Mexico that serve to represent the interests of Las Cruces and Doña Ana county in Santa Fe. There is also a wide range of local initiatives that involve citizens having their voices heard about topics such as healthcare reform and regulation of businesses in the community. Ultimately, Las Cruces residents have a great opportunity to be involved in politics at all levels through various avenues.
The political climate in Zip 88012 (Las Cruces, NM) is somewhat 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 88012 (Las Cruces, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Las Cruces, New Mexico is somewhat 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 88012 (Las Cruces)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,241 contributions totaling $35,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $16,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)