The small town of Truth or Consequences, NM, located in Sierra County with the zip code 87901 is a rural community that takes pride in its local politics. With a population of 6,566 at the time of the 2010 census, this small town has a mayor-council form of government with five members elected by the residents. The current Mayor is Jack Torres and among the members of the council are Robert Rochin and Lourdes Hidalgo. Together they work to ensure that issues such as public safety, infrastructure, and economic development are handled efficiently and effectively. The city also holds regular elections where locals can vote for their new representatives every two years. In addition to these formal structures of government, many initiatives have been taken by citizens to discuss local issues to seek solutions that benefit everyone in the community. This includes forums held by local advocacy groups such as Truth or Consequences Community Action Coalition which aims to provide grassroots support for local politicians and promote progressive values.
The political climate in Zip 87901 (Truth or Consequences, NM) is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, NM is moderately conservative. In Sierra County, NM 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sierra county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.6% to 38.1%.
Sierra county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87901 (Truth or Consequences, NM) is moderately conservative.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Sierra County, New Mexico is moderately 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.
Truth or Consequences, 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 87901 (Truth or Consequences)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 777 contributions totaling $32,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $39,873 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)