88023 Bayard, NM is a small town located in Grant County. It is home to approximately 4,000 people and has a small but active political landscape. Local politics are mainly dominated by the Republican Party. However, there are members of other parties including Democrats, Independents, and Libertarians who participate in the political process as well. All residents of Bayard are encouraged to get involved in local government by voting in elections and attending town hall meetings. Local candidates often run for office on platforms that focus on improving education, public safety, and infrastructure development within the city limits of 88023 Bayard, NM. Political debates can be seen during campaign events such as town hall meetings and candidate forums which allow citizens to ask questions about their views on different policies. Everyone is invited to take part in these discussions regardless of their political affiliations or beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 88023 (Bayard, NM) is leaning liberal.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88023 (Bayard, NM) is leaning liberal.
Bayard, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bayard, 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 88023 (Bayard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)