The small town of 88028 Cliff, NM is a rural and remote area, with only a few hundred people living in the community. Despite its small size, the town is politically active and involved in local governance. The town's mayor is Bob Smith, who has been a long standing leader of the community since taking office in 2012. Bob is committed to maintaining the small-town charm that makes the area so special for its residents. He works closely with other local elected officials to ensure that the needs of local businesses and citizens are met. Town meetings are held regularly and all residents are encouraged to participate in decision making processes. Local organizations such as the Lions Club and Rotary Club are also active within 88028 Cliff, NM, providing assistance to members of the community through various charitable activities and initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 88028 (Cliff, NM) is leaning conservative.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88028 (Cliff, NM) is leaning conservative.
Cliff, New Mexico is leaning conservative.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Cliff, 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 88028 (Cliff)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $8,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)