Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico is a small town in Rio Arriba County located in the north of the state. Despite its rural nature, politics remain a large part of life here. There are many political organizations that represent residents of Tierra Amarilla, including local chapters of both major political parties and advocacy groups for specific issues. Issues impacting the community are important to local politicians, who regularly host events where they listen to their constituents and discuss policy ideas. Residents of Tierra Amarilla care deeply about the future of their town and participate actively in politics on a local level. This dedication to civic engagement is an important part of life in Tierra Amarilla, which helps ensure that everyone’s voice can be heard in this small mountain community.
The political climate in Zip 87575 (Tierra Amarilla, NM) is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, NM is very liberal. In Rio Arriba County, NM 66.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Arriba county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.1% to 32.5%.
Rio Arriba county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87575 (Tierra Amarilla, NM) is moderately liberal.
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Espanola 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.
Tierra Amarilla, 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 87575 (Tierra Amarilla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 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)