Santa Rosa, New Mexico is a small rural city located in the eastern part of the state. It has a population of just over 2,500 and is home to some of the most unique and beautiful landscapes in the region. While Santa Rosa maintains its small-town charm, it is still an important political center for the region. The local government provides essential services such as emergency response, public safety, and infrastructure maintenance while also working to promote economic development. Local elections are held each year for mayor, city council members, and other elected positions within Santa Rosa. The city's residents take their civic duties seriously and come out to vote in large numbers every election cycle. This results in a vibrant political climate where candidates from all political persuasions compete for votes from a diverse group of voters.
The political climate in Zip 88435 (Santa Rosa, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Guadalupe County, NM is somewhat liberal. In Guadalupe County, NM 56.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guadalupe county remained strongly Democratic, 56.4% to 41.9%.
Guadalupe county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88435 (Santa Rosa, NM) is somewhat liberal.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
Guadalupe County, New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Santa Rosa, 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 88435 (Santa Rosa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $4,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)