The small rural city of Torreon, NM (zip code 87061) is part of New Mexico's Socorro County. This small community is highly engaged in local politics, with many residents actively working to make their city a better place for everyone. In 2016, there were two main candidates running for mayor: Ellen White and Chris Martinez. Both candidates had different visions for their city and ran very competitive campaigns that galvanized the community and emphasized the importance of local politics. Despite a close election, Ellen White was able to secure the position after garnering more votes from the population. Since then, she has worked to address some of the issues that matter most to her constituents such as improving public safety, increasing economic development opportunities, and preserving open spaces. As a result of these efforts, Torreon continues to be an important part of the New Mexico political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 87061 (Torreon, NM) is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, NM is very conservative. In Torrance County, NM 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Torrance county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.2%.
Torrance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87061 (Torreon, NM) is strongly conservative.
Torreon, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Torrance County, New Mexico is very conservative.
Albuquerque 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.
Torreon, 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 87061 (Torreon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 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)