The city of Columbus, NM is located in the far southwestern corner of New Mexico and has a population of 1,640 people. The local politics in 88029 Columbus, NM are governed by the Town Council which consists of five members who are elected at-large by the citizens. All members serve four-year terms and represent the whole town. The most recent election was held in March 2020 and included several candidates vying for seats on the council. Some of issues discussed during this election were water supply, infrastructure maintenance, economic development, public safety, education and environmental protection. Residents can stay informed about local politics through public meetings or by attending events hosted by local organizations such as the Civic Center or library. In addition to electing council members every four years, Columbus residents have an active voice when it comes to programming decisions made by their town government.
The political climate in Zip 88029 (Columbus, NM) is leaning conservative.
Luna County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Luna County, NM 44.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Luna county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 44.0%.
Luna county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88029 (Columbus, NM) is leaning conservative.
Columbus, New Mexico is leaning conservative.
Luna County, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
Deming Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Columbus, New Mexico: r R d r 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 88029 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $9,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $429 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $75 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)