The city of 87008 Cedar Crest, NM is a vibrant and active community with many political issues that are important to its citizens. Despite not having any local political candidates, the people of 87008 Cedar Crest still make their voices heard when it comes to local politics. The City Council works hard to ensure that the rights of every person in the community are respected and that all decisions made by the City Council reflect the wishes and values of its citizens. Concerns about infrastructure, public safety, education, zoning ordinances, economic development, land use regulations, and other important issues are discussed at regular meetings with members of the public present. The City Council also sponsors special town hall meetings for residents to voice their opinions directly. By participating in local politics through voting, attending meetings, voicing opinions on important topics, and engaging with elected officials and representatives from different organizations in the area, citizens can help shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 87008 (Cedar Crest, 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 87008 (Cedar Crest, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Cedar Crest, 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.
Cedar Crest, 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 87008 (Cedar Crest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 884 contributions totaling $34,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $6,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)