Estancia, NM 87016 is a small rural town located in Torrance County, New Mexico. The politics in Estancia are as diverse as the people who make up the community. While no local political candidates are known in Estancia, the residents of Estancia are deeply engaged with what happens in Torrance County and beyond. They take part in elections and voice their opinion on important issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development. They also recognize and value the importance of civic engagement by encouraging their neighbors to participate in local government activities. Estancia may be small but it is big when it comes to making sure that its citizens voices are heard through meaningful participation in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 87016 (Estancia, NM) is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, NM is very conservative. In Torrance County, NM 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Torrance county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.2%.
Torrance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87016 (Estancia, NM) is strongly conservative.
Estancia, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately 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.
Estancia, 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 87016 (Estancia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $6,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)