The small town of Chacon, New Mexico (zip code 87713) is served by the Chacon Municipal Government. The town has a mayor-council form of government, with five council members elected at large by the citizens of the town. The current Mayor is Kathy Carnes and the Council Members are Robert J. Anaya, Sandra Corrales, Ernesto Gonzales, Tracey Marez and Roy Madrid. This local government works hard to ensure that all of the needs of the community are met, from infrastructure improvements to public safety initiatives. They have also worked to increase employment opportunities for residents as well as boost tourism in the area. Despite its small size, Chacon remains involved in politics both on a local and state level. Residents make their voices heard through voting and engaging with their elected officials on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 87713 (Chacon, NM) is moderately liberal.
Mora County, NM is strongly liberal. In Mora County, NM 65.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mora county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.0% to 33.6%.
Mora county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87713 (Chacon, NM) is moderately liberal.
Chacon, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Mora County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
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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.
Chacon, 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 87713 (Chacon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)