87045 Prewitt, NM is a small rural town located in the south-central part of New Mexico. The area is governed by a three-member county commission, which meets to discuss matters affecting the town and surrounding region. The commission works with a wide variety of issues including budgeting, public safety, community development, and land-use planning. Additionally, they also hold regular meetings with local elected officials, such as town mayors and school district boards of education. Prewitt residents have access to voting for their representatives through both local elections and general elections held during presidential elections. Issues that are important to the people living in this part of New Mexico include economic development, public safety concerns, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 87045 (Prewitt, NM) is strongly liberal.
McKinley County, NM is very liberal. In McKinley County, NM 68.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKinley county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.1% to 29.5%.
McKinley county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87045 (Prewitt, NM) is strongly liberal.
Prewitt, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
McKinley County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Gallup 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.
Prewitt, 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 87045 (Prewitt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)