Mesquite, New Mexico is located in the Rio Grande Valley and is home to a population of 88048 people. The local politics in Mesquite are largely driven by the City Council, which is comprised of seven members elected from four districts. Each district has two council members who serve four-year terms and have authority over the city's fiscal and legislative matters. The Mayor serves a two-year term and presides over all council meetings. There are several political parties represented in Mesquite, including Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, and Green Party candidates. Every two years residents of Mesquite come together to vote for the representatives that will lead their city government. Because of this system, Mesquite has seen considerable growth in recent years as its leaders strive to create safe communities where families can thrive.
The political climate in Zip 88048 (Mesquite, 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 88048 (Mesquite, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Mesquite, 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.
Mesquite, 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 88048 (Mesquite)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)