The small town of 87553 Peñasco, NM is located in the Rio Grande Valley in northern New Mexico. Although it is a small town, it has an active political environment. Local elections are held to elect officials such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. The people of Peñasco have also been politically active on the state and national level by participating in protests, lobbying for legislation that would benefit their community, and voting in both local and national elections. Additionally, Peñasco residents have worked to increase awareness about issues facing their community by organizing events such as workshops and rallies. This commitment to political action has helped create an environment in which citizens can voice their opinions and become more involved in shaping their town’s future.
The political climate in Zip 87553 (Penasco, NM) is strongly liberal.
Taos County, NM is very liberal. In Taos County, NM 76.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taos county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.4% to 21.6%.
Taos county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87553 (Penasco, NM) is strongly liberal.
Penasco, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Taos County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Taos 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.
Penasco, 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 87553 (Penasco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $1,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)