Sunland Park, NM is a small city located on the border of El Paso and Doña Ana County. It has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Sunland Park is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Javier Perea, who was first elected in 2017. He is supported by five council members who are elected at large for two-year terms. The city takes pride in its diversity and works hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality services and amenities. Community involvement is encouraged with various events throughout the year such as art festivals and sporting events. Sunland Park works closely with local organizations to help stimulate economic growth while preserving the character and culture of the city. Sunland Park also works actively to promote civic engagement through educational activities, voter registration drives, and other initiatives. Through these efforts, citizens can work together to make sure their voices are heard in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 88063 (Sunland Park, NM) is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, NM is moderately liberal. In Dona Ana County, NM 58.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dona Ana county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.0% to 39.7%.
Dona Ana county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88063 (Sunland Park, NM) is moderately liberal.
Sunland Park, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Dona Ana County, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Las Cruces Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sunland Park, 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 88063 (Sunland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)