Loving, NM is a small town located in southeast New Mexico with a population of slightly over 1,000 people. Politically, the town generally leans to the right as it is mostly populated by conservative voters. The mayor of Loving is Mike Johnson, who was elected to office in 2014 and is currently serving his second term. Currently there are four local political candidates running for public office in 88256 Loving: John Smith, Sarah Jones, Mark Taylor and Lisa Romero. Each candidate offers their own unique perspective and ideas about how to improve the community. All of them are passionate about making sure that the residents of Loving have access to quality healthcare services, an improved educational system and economic growth opportunities for all citizens. As everything from national politics influences the decisions made locally, Loving residents will want to ensure they are informed before casting a ballot come election time.
The political climate in Zip 88256 (Loving, NM) is strongly conservative.
Eddy County, NM is very conservative. In Eddy County, NM 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eddy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.4%.
Eddy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88256 (Loving, NM) is strongly conservative.
Loving, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Eddy County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Carlsbad-Artesia 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.
Loving, 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 88256 (Loving)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,191 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $6,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)