Mountainair, New Mexico is a small town located in Torrance County. Despite its small population, it has a vibrant and active political scene. The town has been represented by various members of the Democratic Party in the state House of Representatives since 1992. In addition, Mountainair holds regular elections for local city council members and other municipal positions. Recently, there have been several initiatives to improve infrastructure and services throughout Mountainair which have been supported by both the current city council and many local residents. This shows that despite its small population size, politics still plays an important role in the lives of all who live in Mountainair.
The political climate in Mountainair, 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
Mountainair, NM 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.
Mountainair, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Mountainair, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $10,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $10,359 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)