Cloudcroft, NM is a small mountain village located in Otero County with a population of 660 individuals. This small community is represented by the New Mexico Senate District 32 and the United States House of Representatives District 2. The current state senator for District 32 is Ron Griggs, who was elected in 2018. The current representative for US House of Representatives District 2 is Xochitl Torres Small, who was elected in 2018 and reelected in 2020. The Cloudcroft area is a strong supporter of all candidates that share similar values as the community such as support for education, health care, and conservation initiatives. These values can be seen in many aspects from the local government to candidates running for office both locally and nationally. With this understanding, Cloudcroft remains an active participant in the political process to ensure its voice continues to be heard each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 88317 (Cloudcroft, NM) is moderately conservative.
Otero County, NM is strongly conservative. In Otero County, NM 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.0%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88317 (Cloudcroft, NM) is moderately conservative.
Cloudcroft, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Alamogordo Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Cloudcroft, New Mexico: R R R R R R
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 88317 (Cloudcroft)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $5,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $14,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $692 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)