The small town of 87417 Kirtland, NM is a rural community with a population of just over 3,000 people. As such, the political scene in Kirtland is quite different from larger cities and towns. Local politics in 87417 Kirtland, NM are largely focused on issues that impact residents directly, such as public education and infrastructure. The town has seven county commissioners who serve to represent the interests of their constituents. As 87417 Kirtland, NM is not a large town, most local political candidates come from the same small pool of people. Elections are often decided by small margins with each candidate vying to win over voters with promises of better public services and policies that benefit the community at large.
The political climate in Zip 87417 (Kirtland, NM) is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, NM is strongly conservative. In San Juan County, NM 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.6%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87417 (Kirtland, NM) is moderately conservative.
Kirtland, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Farmington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kirtland, 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 87417 (Kirtland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $3,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)