The town of Ruidoso, NM is located in the heart of Lincoln County and has a population of just over 8,000 people. The city's politics are mainly based around local issues that affect the residents of Ruidoso and surrounding areas. The mayor is elected from among the candidates running for office, and serves as the head of the City Commission. This commission is responsible for making laws, ordinances and policies that govern life within Ruidoso's boundaries. In addition to this, many different organizations make up a part of the political landscape in Ruidoso. These include various civic groups, local businesses, churches and fraternal organizations. Each one works to represent their interests at City Hall in order to get their voice heard on important issues facing the city. Local elections are held every year to decide who will serve on the city commission and other elected bodies. As such, it is important for all citizens in Ruidoso to know about their local candidates so they can make an informed decision when it comes time to cast their ballot.
The political climate in Zip 88345 (Ruidoso, NM) is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, NM is very conservative. In Lincoln County, NM 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.4% to 31.0%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88345 (Ruidoso, NM) is strongly conservative.
Ruidoso, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Ruidoso, 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 88345 (Ruidoso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,103 contributions totaling $23,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $155,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $593 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)