The small town of 87531 Embudo, NM is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County with a population of about 600 people. It has no local government and is instead governed by the county. The Rio Arriba County Commission consists of five members who are elected from five districts within the county. Each district elects one commissioner to serve a four-year term. Elections for these positions take place every two years and are responsible for setting county-wide policies on a variety of issues. As many of the issues that affect Embudo are also applicable across the county, citizens can get involved by attending meetings and participating in the decision making process that affects their community.
The political climate in Zip 87531 (Embudo, NM) is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87531 (Embudo, NM) is moderately liberal.
Embudo, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Embudo, 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 87531 (Embudo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $6,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 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)