The city of Hobbs, NM is located in the southeastern corner of the state and has a population of approximately 36,000 people. It is a growing community with a diverse range of businesses, services, and recreational activities for residents. The city has an active local government that works to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens by providing essential services such as police protection, fire protection, public parks and recreation facilities, water supply systems, waste management services, and other important amenities. Local politics in Hobbs are overseen by five members of the City Council who are elected to four-year terms by the city’s residents. The mayor is also elected by popular vote every two years. The City Council works hard to address issues that affect its citizens and strive to create an environment where all voices can be heard. In addition to governing locally, Hobbs also participates in state-level politics by sending representatives to the New Mexico legislature who work to advocate for their constituents' interests on the state level.
The political climate in Zip 88240 (Hobbs, NM) is moderately conservative.
Lea County, NM is very conservative. In Lea County, NM 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lea county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.4%.
Lea county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88240 (Hobbs, NM) is moderately conservative.
Hobbs, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Lea County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Hobbs Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Hobbs, 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 88240 (Hobbs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 392 contributions totaling $36,746 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 466 contributions totaling $345,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $742 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)