The city of Espanola, NM (87532) is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Javier Sanchez, who was elected in 2018. There are four city council members who each represent a district within the city. Council meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month at City Hall. Issues such as public service delivery, economic development and public safety are discussed and debated at these meetings and eventually voted on for approval by the City Council. The Mayor acts as an executive officer while the Council oversees fiscal operations, policies, and personnel decisions. The citizens of Espanola have a voice in local politics through their representatives and can be active participants in decision making processes by attending meetings or contacting their representatives directly.
The political climate in Zip 87532 (Espanola, NM) is strongly 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 87532 (Espanola, NM) is strongly liberal.
Espanola, New Mexico is strongly 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.
Espanola, 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 87532 (Espanola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $47,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $7,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)