The small town of Polvadera, located in 87828 zip code in New Mexico, is a close-knit community with a population of around 400. Politically, the town leans to the left, with an overwhelming majority voting for Democratic candidates in local and national elections. The citizens of Polvadera are passionate about politics and are actively involved in the local government’s decision making process by attending public meetings and voicing their concerns on issues such as taxes, education policies, job creation and environmental protection. Local political candidates often visit the town to speak with constituents and discuss their platforms in order to garner support from local voters. Even though there are several political candidates running for office this year, most residents have already made up their minds as to who will get their vote.
The political climate in Zip 87828 (Polvadera, NM) is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, NM is leaning liberal. In Socorro County, NM 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Socorro county remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 45.5%.
Socorro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87828 (Polvadera, NM) is leaning liberal.
Polvadera, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Socorro County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
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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.
Polvadera, 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 87828 (Polvadera)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $63 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)