The small town of Eagle Nest, NM is located in Colfax County and has a population of about 877. Despite its size, it is a politically active community with engaged citizens who take their civic duty seriously. Local politics are often the source of lively debates and discussions in the town. The Mayor, currently Lucille Joiner, is elected every four years and takes an active role in the day to day operations of the city. Along with the mayor, there are five members on the city council that act as a governing body for Eagle Nest. They have recently been discussing issues like taxes and public infrastructure projects. Every election season residents come out in droves to vote for their preferred candidates and make their voices heard. This level of local engagement makes Eagle Nest unique and helps ensure that the needs of its citizens are properly addressed.
The political climate in Zip 87718 (Eagle Nest, NM) is somewhat conservative.
Colfax County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Colfax County, NM 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 43.4%.
Colfax county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87718 (Eagle Nest, NM) is somewhat conservative.
Eagle Nest, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
Colfax County, New Mexico is somewhat 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.
Eagle Nest, New Mexico: d r D d 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 87718 (Eagle Nest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $675 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)