Rio Rancho, New Mexico is located in Sandoval County and has a population of nearly 95,000 people. The city is part of the greater Albuquerque metropolitan area and is known for its diverse community and family-friendly atmosphere. In Rio Rancho, politics are led by the Mayor Greg Hull who was elected in 2017 and has been re-elected since then. There are also four city council members representing different wards of the city that are determined by population size. Together, these five politicians make up the local government and make decisions that have a major impact on the lives of Rio Rancho citizens. The local election cycle takes place every two years for both the mayor and each member of the City Council. During this election cycle, residents get to choose their representatives from a pool of candidates running for office.
The political climate in Zip 87124 (Rio Rancho, NM) is leaning liberal.
Sandoval County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Sandoval County, NM 53.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sandoval county remained moderately Democratic, 53.0% to 44.6%.
Sandoval county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87124 (Rio Rancho, NM) is leaning liberal.
Rio Rancho, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Sandoval County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately 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.
Rio Rancho, New Mexico: r r 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 87124 (Rio Rancho)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,668 contributions totaling $110,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 502 contributions totaling $47,399 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)