The politics in 87710 Angel Fire, NM are largely determined by the small population of approximately 2,000 residents. This means the decisions on how to govern the local area are made by a limited number of individuals who have a great influence on their community. The town leaders strive to ensure that all residents are represented and that their needs and opinions are taken into account when making decisions. Local political candidates usually come from within the community and they work hard to encourage citizen participation in government activities. Angel Fire is also heavily involved with New Mexico state politics, as many of its citizens get involved in both state-level and national elections.
The political climate in Zip 87710 (Angel Fire, NM) is somewhat conservative.
Colfax County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Colfax County, NM 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 43.4%.
Colfax county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87710 (Angel Fire, NM) is somewhat conservative.
Angel Fire, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
Colfax County, New Mexico is somewhat 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.
Angel Fire, New Mexico: d r D d 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 87710 (Angel Fire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $6,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $6,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)