The city of La Mesa, New Mexico (88044) is a small, rural community that is part of the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area. The city is governed by a mayor and four city councilors who are elected every four years. The current mayor of La Mesa is Isaac Soto and the current councilors include Tom Trujillo, Marianne Palomarez, Arturo Garcia, and Joe Montano. All of these local political candidates have been committed to creating a strong foundation for the future of La Mesa by enhancing economic development and job growth, improving public safety, and providing quality services to its citizens. Moreover, they have been dedicated to protecting the environment by investing in renewable energy sources and supporting green initiatives throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 88044 (La Mesa, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Dona Ana County, NM is moderately liberal. In Dona Ana County, NM 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dona Ana county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.7%.
Dona Ana county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88044 (La Mesa, NM) is somewhat liberal.
La Mesa, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Dona Ana County, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces 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.
La Mesa, 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 88044 (La Mesa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $13,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $4,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)