Santa Fe, New Mexico is a vibrant city with a diverse population and culture. Located in the heart of northern New Mexico, Santa Fe provides its residents with plenty of opportunities to explore and engage in local politics. The 87506 zip code of Santa Fe is home to many political groups, organizations, and events that give citizens the chance to take part in their community’s decision-making process. These events range from town hall meetings to public forums where issues facing Santa Fe are discussed. Residents have the opportunity to propose solutions, discuss ideas, lobbies for causes they support or oppose, and participate in debates. The City Council also meets regularly to make important decisions about local matters. In Santa Fe, citizens come together through their common beliefs and interests to make sure their voices are heard and their values represented in the city’s political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 87506 (Santa Fe, NM) is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe County, NM is very liberal. In Santa Fe County, NM 76.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Fe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.0% to 22.3%.
Santa Fe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87506 (Santa Fe, NM) is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Santa Fe Metro Area is very 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.
Santa Fe, 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 87506 (Santa Fe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,439 contributions totaling $905,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 404 contributions totaling $99,577 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)