88047 Mesilla Park, NM is a small town with a population of approximately 1,000 people. It is located in the southern region of the state and has historically been a quiet community with not much political involvement. However, recently local political candidates have been making an effort to engage the residents of 88047 Mesilla Park in the political process. These candidates are working to create more awareness and engagement in local politics by hosting town hall meetings and debates where they can engage directly with voters. Additionally, they are emphasizing the importance of voting in local elections and providing information on how to cast ballots. By doing so, these candidates are helping to create a more informed electorate that will better understand who is running for office and what issues and policies are important to them.
The political climate in Zip 88047 (Mesilla Park, 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 88047 (Mesilla Park, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Mesilla Park, 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.
Mesilla Park, 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 88047 (Mesilla Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 447 contributions totaling $54,344 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $23,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $403 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)