La Villita, NM (87511) is a small community located in the southeastern part of New Mexico. It is part of the Taos County and has an estimated population of 827 people. Although La Villita is a small town, it still has an active political scene. The local government consists of a mayor and four trustees, who are all elected by popular vote every four years. All local political candidates must be registered with the State Election Bureau in order to be eligible to run for office. The current mayor is José Ochoa, who was elected in 2016 and is now running for re-election this year. Other candidates running include Maria Sandoval from the Democratic Party and Angel Garcia from the Republican Party. Local elections are held on the second Tuesday of each November and citizens over 18 years old can cast their vote at the Town Hall or by absentee ballot if they cannot make it to the polls.
The political climate in Zip 87511 (La Villita, NM) is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87511 (La Villita, NM) is moderately liberal.
La Villita, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola Metro Area is very 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 Villita, 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 87511 (La Villita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $9,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)