The small town of Lake Arthur, New Mexico is home to an estimated population of around 1,200 people. The town has seen the election of a number of different political candidates over the years and is currently represented in the state legislature by Democratic representative Edward “Ed” Sandoval. Representing citizens at the local level is Mayor Robert M. Lucero, who was elected to lead in 2016. The local government in Lake Arthur works hard to provide its citizens with a range of services from departments such as public safety, roads and highways, tourism and promotion, recreation and parks, finance and accounting services, water resources, and more. Residents are encouraged to take part in local politics by participating in community meetings or voting during any upcoming elections; involvement in local politics helps to ensure their voice is heard within the community.
The political climate in Zip 88253 (Lake Arthur, NM) is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, NM is very conservative. In Chaves County, NM 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chaves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
Chaves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88253 (Lake Arthur, NM) is strongly conservative.
Lake Arthur, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Roswell 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.
Lake Arthur, 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 88253 (Lake Arthur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)