The small town of 88436 Sedan, NM is a quiet and peaceful area that is largely disconnected from the rest of the state's political landscape. While the town does not have its own local government or elected officials, it does have representation in the state legislature. The town is part of New Mexico's House District 41, which is represented by Democrat Antonio Maestas. Maestas was first elected to office in 2014 and has been committed to his constituents throughout his tenure. He works hard to ensure that issues are addressed at the state level that may benefit residents of 88436 Sedan. Maestas also serves on several committees such as the Transportation and Public Works Committee as well as the Legislative Finance Committee where he can be a voice for those living in this part of New Mexico.
The political climate in Zip 88436 (Sedan, NM) is very conservative.
Union County, NM is very conservative. In Union County, NM 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.4%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88436 (Sedan, NM) is very conservative.
Sedan, New Mexico is very conservative.
Union 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.
Sedan, 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 88436 (Sedan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)