Ohkay Owingeh, NM is a small town with a population of 87566. It is primarily governed by the Ohkay Owingeh Tribal government, which is led by elected officials. The tribe's tribal council is composed of 12 members, four from each district within the town. Each member serves a two-year term and is elected to represent their district in the council. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community regarding education, infrastructure, economic development and other areas of importance to the local residents. The current tribal chairman is Alfredo Montoya Pino who was re-elected to serve another term in 2020. The local political candidates for the 2021 election have yet to be announced but candidates from both parties are sure to participate as they have done in prior years.
The political climate in Zip 87566 (Ohkay Owingeh, NM) is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87566 (Ohkay Owingeh, NM) is moderately liberal.
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola 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.
Ohkay Owingeh, 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 87566 (Ohkay Owingeh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $27,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,288 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $85 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)