Albuquerque, NM 87109 is the largest city in New Mexico and an important political hub in the region. It is the home of the New Mexico State Capitol building, where state lawmakers meet to discuss and vote on legislation that affects the entire state. Politically, Albuquerque is a relatively liberal city with a strong Democratic base and some progressive-leaning independents. In recent years, local elections have been hotly contested between a range of candidates from both major parties. The current mayor of Albuquerque is Tim Keller, who was elected in 2017 after a close race against Republican Dan Lewis. The city also has two congressional representatives—Debra Haaland and Ben Ray Luján—serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, along with one senator—Tom Udall—in the U.S. Senate. With such a politically diverse population, there are always lively debates over key issues in Albuquerque politics including education, economic development, public safety, and healthcare reform.
The political climate in Zip 87109 (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 87109 (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 87109 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,354 contributions totaling $233,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 630 contributions totaling $137,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)