The politics in 87107 Albuquerque, NM are an important part of the local community. In this area, people are involved with both city and state politics, and make sure that their voices are heard on issues that matter to them. There is a wide variety of political candidates vying for office in the area, representing different backgrounds and perspectives. Each election cycle brings new debates about important topics like education, housing, immigration, and healthcare. Voters have the chance to learn more about each candidate by attending public forums or following their campaigns online. Additionally, there are many community groups that host events to discuss current issues impacting the area and how to move forward as a collective.
The political climate in Zip 87107 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately liberal.
Bernalillo County, NM is strongly liberal. In Bernalillo County, NM 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bernalillo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.6%.
Bernalillo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87107 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately liberal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Albuquerque 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.
Albuquerque, 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 87107 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,067 contributions totaling $1,030,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 627 contributions totaling $466,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $744 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)