The politics of 87544 Los Alamos, NM are largely shaped by the overarching state and national politics. At the local level, parties like the Republican Party and the Democratic Party have members who advocate for their respective causes. Local elections are held in Los Alamos to choose representatives to serve on the Los Alamos County Council. These representatives have a direct role in shaping policies related to economic development, environmental protection, public safety, education, and other important issues that affect residents of 87544 Los Alamos, NM. Additionally, representatives from 87544 represent their district in Congress and the state legislature during election season. The views of these local candidates reflect the political views of those living in 87544 Los Alamos, NM as well as larger trends within New Mexico statewide.
The political climate in Zip 87544 (Los Alamos, NM) is moderately liberal.
Los Alamos County, NM is strongly liberal. In Los Alamos County, NM 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 34.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Los Alamos county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 34.8%.
Los Alamos county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87544 (Los Alamos, NM) is moderately liberal.
Los Alamos, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Los Alamos County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Los Alamos Metro Area is strongly 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.
Los Alamos, New Mexico: R r 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 87544 (Los Alamos)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,917 contributions totaling $360,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $134,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)