The small town of Dexter, NM (88230) is a relatively quiet and rural area, with a population of approximately 2,200 people. Despite its size, there is still some political activity in the area. The most recent election saw a few competitive races for positions on the Town Council and mayoralty. Local residents had to choose between several candidates representing different views and agendas. While typically low turnout elections are common in towns like Dexter, the passionate interest in this election from many of the residents show that politics can still be relevant even in rural areas.
The political climate in Zip 88230 (Dexter, NM) is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, NM is very conservative. In Chaves County, NM 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chaves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
Chaves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88230 (Dexter, NM) is strongly conservative.
Dexter, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Roswell Metro Area is very 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.
Dexter, 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 88230 (Dexter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $1,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $17,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)