The city of Farmington, New Mexico is located in San Juan County and is home to an estimated population of 45,877 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Nate Duckett, who was elected in 2018. The City Council consists of seven members, all elected from specific districts within the city for four-year terms. Farmington is a predominantly Democratic city and votes heavily for Democratic candidates in both local, state and federal elections. Issues important to residents are economic growth and development, public safety, infrastructure improvements and environmental protection. There is also a strong focus on providing high quality educational opportunities for its students through its many public schools as well as other organizations and initiatives that benefit the community at large.
The political climate in Zip 87401 (Farmington, NM) is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, NM is strongly conservative. In San Juan County, NM 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.6%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87401 (Farmington, NM) is moderately conservative.
Farmington, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Farmington 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.
Farmington, 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 87401 (Farmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 805 contributions totaling $48,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $71,182 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)