Sandia Park, NM is a small community located in Bernalillo County, and is part of the larger Albuquerque metropolitan area. It is home to many unique attractions, including the Sandia Peak Tramway and the Petroglyph National Monument. In terms of politics, Sandia Park lies within Bernalillo County's District 2, which is currently represented by Commissioner Debbie O'Malley. O'Malley works hard to ensure that local businesses have the resources they need to succeed while also pushing for stronger environmental protection laws in the region. Additionally, Sandia Park is also served by the New Mexico State Legislature's 28th District, which includes parts of Bernalillo and Valencia counties. The 28th District currently has two representatives: Senator Jacob Candelaria and Representative Christine Trujillo. Both elected officials are committed to promoting economic growth and opportunity for all residents in their district.
The political climate in Zip 87047 (Sandia Park, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, NM is strongly liberal. In Bernalillo County, NM 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bernalillo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.6%.
Bernalillo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87047 (Sandia Park, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Sandia Park, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Albuquerque 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.
Sandia Park, 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 87047 (Sandia Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 864 contributions totaling $54,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $23,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)