The politics in 88203 Roswell, NM are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. In the 2020 elections, Democratic candidate Xochitl Torres Small won the 2nd District of New Mexico Congressional Seat for the US House of Representatives. Additionally, incumbent Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and U.S. Senator Tom Udall both received overwhelming support from 88203 Roswell, NM in their respective elections. The City Council is composed of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms and votes on matters related to municipal services such as street maintenance and water supply. There are currently no local political candidates to discuss in 88203 Roswell, NM as most political offices have been filled.
The political climate in Zip 88203 (Roswell, NM) is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, NM is very conservative. In Chaves County, NM 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chaves county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.4%.
Chaves county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88203 (Roswell, NM) is strongly conservative.
Roswell, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Chaves County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Roswell Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Roswell, 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 88203 (Roswell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $11,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $39,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)