The small village of 88038 Gila, NM is a unique political area. The community is largely rural and its citizens have a strong sense of civic pride. With a population of less than 400 people, the town relies on the municipal government for local services such as garbage collection and road maintenance, as well as recreational activities like fishing and camping in nearby areas. Although there are no formal political candidates representing 88038 Gila, NM, the town's citizens are actively involved in the politics surrounding them. They attend local meetings to weigh in on important issues that affect their community and voice their opinions through letters to state representatives and other public officials. As a whole, Gila is an example of how political engagement can occur even in small villages with limited resources.
The political climate in Zip 88038 (Gila, NM) is leaning liberal.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88038 (Gila, NM) is leaning liberal.
Gila, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Gila, 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 88038 (Gila)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 211 contributions totaling $19,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $1,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)