Albuquerque, New Mexico is the largest city in the state and is home to 87112 residents. Politically, it has a strong Democratic presence in both local and state politics. Albuquerque elects a mayor, four councilors, and one auditor every four years. The mayor is responsible for setting policy initiatives and managing city resources. Councilors work together to pass legislation that benefits the community as a whole while the auditor keeps track of spending and compliance with various regulations. In addition to these elected positions, residents can get involved in local politics by volunteering their time or running for office themselves. All of these roles are important pieces of Albuquerque's political landscape and help shape its future direction as a thriving city.
The political climate in Zip 87112 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately 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 87112 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately liberal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is moderately 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.
Albuquerque, 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 87112 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,708 contributions totaling $281,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 524 contributions totaling $70,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)