The city of Albuquerque, NM is a diverse and vibrant community with many different political views. The 87113 zip code is located in the center of the city, and it has an active political atmosphere. People who live in this area are engaged in local politics, taking part in debates over issues such as public transportation, education reform, and economic development. Candidates from a variety of parties are running for various offices throughout the city, including mayor and city council members. These candidates have different ideas about how best to serve the people of Albuquerque and represent their interests. Voters in 87113 can make sure that their voices are heard by getting involved with local political activities and keeping up with information about candidates so that they can make educated choices at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 87113 (Albuquerque, NM) is somewhat 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 87113 (Albuquerque, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is somewhat 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 87113 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,102 contributions totaling $63,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $44,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)