Des Moines, NM 88418 is a small rural town located in Harding county. It is home to roughly 500 people and has a history of working hard to ensure its citizens have all the resources they need. Despite the small population, the politics in the town are important and active. Local elections take place every two years, and members of the community come together to select representatives who will work on their behalf. Issues such as local taxes, infrastructure development, public safety initiatives, and education funding are discussed during election cycles. The political climate of Des Moines is friendly and inclusive; residents work together to create a vibrant and thriving community that everyone can be proud of.
The political climate in Zip 88418 (Des Moines, NM) is very conservative.
Union County, NM is very conservative. In Union County, NM 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.4%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88418 (Des Moines, NM) is very conservative.
Des Moines, New Mexico is very conservative.
Union County, New Mexico is very conservative.
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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.
Des Moines, New Mexico: R R R 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 88418 (Des Moines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $2,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)