Lea County, New Mexico is a unique and vibrant area with an interesting political landscape. The county is led by four elected officials who make up the Board of Commissioners and include a Chairman and three Commissioners. These four individuals are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens in Lea County and are ultimately responsible for governing the area. In addition to these individuals, Lea County has two state senators that represent its interests in the New Mexico State Senate, as well as one U.S. Representative who serves on the floor of the House of Representatives. All these elected officials play integral roles in helping shape policy within Lea County. With their help, the people of this area are able to stay informed and involved with their local government which can help them better understand how decisions are made that will ultimately affect their lives.
The political climate in Lea County, NM is very conservative.
In Lea County, NM 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lea county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.0% to 19.4%.
Lea county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lea County, NM is very conservative.
Hobbs Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Lea, 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 Lea County, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 711 contributions totaling $63,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 930 contributions totaling $715,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)