The politics in Las Vegas, New Mexico (87701) are centered around the local government. The City of Las Vegas is the governing body for the town and is responsible for making laws, setting budgets, and providing services to residents. The city is divided into five wards, each of which is represented by a council member. Each year there is an election held for council members, in which locals can vote for candidates who represent their interests. Additionally, the mayor is elected at large every four years in a city-wide election. Local civic organizations and advocacy groups often play an important role in educating citizens on their voting options and encouraging participation in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 87701 (Las Vegas, NM) is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, NM is very liberal. In San Miguel County, NM 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 29.7%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87701 (Las Vegas, NM) is strongly liberal.
Las Vegas, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Las Vegas 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.
Las Vegas, 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 87701 (Las Vegas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,714 contributions totaling $99,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 146 contributions totaling $14,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)