Silver City, New Mexico is located in the beautiful Gila Valley and is the county seat of Grant County. It has a vibrant and unique cultural identity that has been shaped over years by its rich mining heritage. Politically, the city has traditionally leaned towards Democratic candidates. The mayor of Silver City is Ken Ladner, who was elected in 2017 after running on a platform of job growth and economic stability for the town. There are several local organizations in Silver City that focus on political issues such as environmental protection and preservation of historic sites in the area. The Grant County Democratic Party also plays an active role in city-level politics. They work to ensure that the local community gets representation at state and national levels too. The party organizes events such as town halls, rallies, canvassing efforts, and fundraisers to engage with citizens on policy issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 88061 (Silver City, NM) is leaning liberal.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88061 (Silver City, NM) is leaning liberal.
Silver City, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Silver City, 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 88061 (Silver City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,996 contributions totaling $127,413 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $25,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)