Santa Fe, New Mexico is a vibrant and culturally rich city in the southwestern United States. With a population of 84,683 as of 2019, it is the fourth-largest city in the state. Politically, Santa Fe leans heavily to the left; the majority of its residents are registered Democrats. In November 2018, voters approved a ballot measure that will raise taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals to fund education and other public services. The city also made news for becoming the first in New Mexico to pass a paid sick leave ordinance. At the local level, Santa Fe has five City Councilors who are elected by their respective districts every four years. The mayor of Santa Fe is Alan Webber, who was elected in 2018 and comes from an entrepreneurial background in Silicon Valley. The City Council meets once a month to discuss and pass laws relating to Santa Fe's government and citizens.
The political climate in Zip 87501 (Santa Fe, NM) is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe County, NM is very liberal. In Santa Fe County, NM 76.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Santa Fe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.0% to 22.3%.
Santa Fe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87501 (Santa Fe, NM) is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
Santa Fe County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Santa Fe 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.
Santa Fe, 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 87501 (Santa Fe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,194 contributions totaling $3,146,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 606 contributions totaling $181,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)