Las Cruces, NM is located in Dona Ana County and is the second largest city in New Mexico. The city is well known for its vibrant cultural and economic activities. In terms of politics, Las Cruces belongs to District 35 of the New Mexico House of Representatives and has been represented since 2018 by Democrat Joanne Ferrary. She was re-elected in 2020 and her primary focus has been on public education, health care access, economy, infrastructure and immigration. The county is also represented in the US Congress by Xochitl Torres Small who was elected in 2018 and serves as representative for New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional district. Las Cruces plays an important role in the state's political landscape as it is a growing center for businesses, education, health care, recreation and tourism. Despite its prominent size, the city maintains an intimate feel due to its strong sense of community spirit.
The political climate in Zip 88005 (Las Cruces, 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 88005 (Las Cruces, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Las Cruces, 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.
Las Cruces, 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 88005 (Las Cruces)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,736 contributions totaling $147,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $84,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)