Albuquerque, New Mexico is the largest city in the state and is located in Bernalillo county. With a population of over 560,000 people, it has a vibrant political landscape with numerous local political candidates running for office each election cycle. This includes Mayor Tim Keller who was re-elected in 2021 to serve another four year term as well as various City Council members representing different districts across the city. Each election cycle brings new issues and debates about how to best utilize the cities resources and how citizens can best benefit from them. As Albuquerque continues to grow, its citizens will continue to expect their political representatives to address their needs and work hard for the benefit of all.
The political climate in Zip 87108 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately liberal.
Bernalillo County, NM is strongly liberal. In Bernalillo County, NM 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bernalillo county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.6%.
Bernalillo county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87108 (Albuquerque, NM) is moderately liberal.
Albuquerque, New Mexico is moderately liberal.
Bernalillo County, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
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.
Albuquerque, New Mexico: d d D D D D
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 87108 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,839 contributions totaling $483,929 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $34,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)