Zip 87516 (Canones, NM) Voting


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The small town of Cañones, New Mexico (87516) is located in the northern part of the state, nestled between the Rio Grande and the Rocky Mountains. Politically, Cañones is a part of the San Miguel County, which encompasses much of northern New Mexico. The county is mainly represented by Democrats at both local and national levels. As such, most decisions are made with liberal ideals in mind, although the town does not traditionally lean too far to one side or another on political issues. The people living in Cañones tend to be independent-minded folks who value their rural lifestyle and way of life. Though there are no locally elected representatives from this region at present, residents can rely on their State Senators and Representatives to represent their interests when needed. Overall, 87516 Cañones is a peaceful community that embraces its own brand of politics without resorting to partisan bickering or extreme ideologies.

The political climate in Zip 87516 (Canones, NM) is moderately liberal.

Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Zip 87516 (Canones, NM) is moderately liberal.


Canones, New Mexico is moderately liberal.

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.

Espanola Metro Area is very 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.

Canones, 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 87516 (Canones)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

Rio Arriba County, New Mexico Politics Voting
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