88072 Vado, NM is a small unincorporated community located to the east of Las Cruces in Dona Ana County. While part of Doña Ana County, the community does not have its own local political candidates. However, the residents of 88072 Vado are represented by several state and federal representatives. The county is a part of New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District and is represented in Congress by Xochitl Torres Small, a Democrat who was elected in 2018. On a state level, 88072 Vado is part of District 33, which is represented by Democrat Bill McCamley. Additionally, residents are also represented by Democrats Raymundo Lara and Nathan Small who serve in the New Mexico State Senate representing District 35 and 36 respectively.
The political climate in Zip 88072 (Vado, NM) is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, NM is moderately liberal. In Dona Ana County, NM 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dona Ana county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.7%.
Dona Ana county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88072 (Vado, NM) is moderately liberal.
Vado, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces 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.
Vado, 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 88072 (Vado)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)