Winston, NM is a small town with a population of 87943 people. It is located in the Chaves County of New Mexico and has been part of the state since 1912. The political landscape in Winston is largely shaped by local elections which are held every two years. The majority of candidates who have run for office in past elections have come from either the Republican or Democratic parties. Currently, there are three main candidates vying for positions on the town council: Bill Smith (Republican), Jane Jones (Democrat), and Robert White (Independent). While each candidate has their own unique stance on various issues, they all prioritize making Winston a safe and prosperous community for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 87943 (Winston, 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 87943 (Winston, NM) is moderately conservative.
Winston, 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.
Winston, 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 87943 (Winston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $27 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $9,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $836 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)