The 87829 Quemado, NM area is part of the Catron County in New Mexico's political landscape. Voters in this area have the opportunity to elect officials at the local, state and national level. The current Catron County Commission consists of five members, all of whom are elected by district. At the state level, residents can vote for their state representatives and senators in both the House and Senate. On a larger scale, voters in 87829 Quemado can support candidates running for President of the United States through their participation in caucuses or primary elections. Local politics in the area are often centered around issues related to economic development, energy production, public health and education funding.
The political climate in Zip 87829 (Quemado, NM) is strongly conservative.
Catron County, NM is very conservative. In Catron County, NM 25.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.6%.
Catron county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87829 (Quemado, NM) is strongly conservative.
Quemado, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Catron County, New Mexico is very conservative.
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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.
Quemado, New Mexico: R R R R R R
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 87829 (Quemado)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $4,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)