Williamsburg, NM is a small town located in Colfax County, New Mexico. It has an estimated population of about 1,100 people. Despite its size, Williamsburg is a politically active community. The local government consists of three elected officials that serve as trustees to the citizens of Williamsburg - Mayor, Town Clerk and Treasurer. This year's election has been highly contested with two candidates vying for mayor: Eddie Sanchez and Marie Gonzales. Both candidates have strong ties to the community and have promised to bring innovative solutions and improvements to the town if they are elected. Residents of Williamsburg will be voting soon to decide who will serve as their mayor for the coming term.
The political climate in Zip 87942 (Williamsburg, NM) is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, NM is moderately conservative. In Sierra County, NM 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sierra county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.1%.
Sierra county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87942 (Williamsburg, NM) is moderately conservative.
Williamsburg, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
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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.
Williamsburg, 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 87942 (Williamsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)