La Luz, NM is a small, rural town with 88337 people living in it. The politics in La Luz are primarily focused on improving its local infrastructure and quality of life for the citizens of the town. Local politicians focus on creating economic development opportunities, increasing public safety, and providing educational resources to the community. They also work to ensure that the environment of La Luz is well-protected from pollution and degradation. Local candidates running for office have been vocal about their commitment to these issues and have made it a priority to address them through their platforms. They understand how important sustainability is to the future of La Luz and strive to make sure that all citizens are served by their policies.
The political climate in Zip 88337 (La Luz, NM) is moderately conservative.
Otero County, NM is strongly conservative. In Otero County, NM 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.0%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88337 (La Luz, NM) is moderately conservative.
La Luz, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Alamogordo 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.
La Luz, 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 88337 (La Luz)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $6,636 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $13,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)