Farmington, NM is located in a rural area of the state and is the county seat of San Juan County. It is a small but important town for the local community with a population of approximately 45,000 people. Politically, it is considered to be a strong conservative area in New Mexico. The city is governed by an elected four-member council, who are all Republicans and are committed to maintaining fiscal responsibility while continuing to improve the quality of life for its citizens. There are no current local political candidates running for office in Farmington, as elections typically take place at the state level. Though Farmington may not have much influence on statewide politics, its citizens remain active in supporting their local government and making sure that their voices are heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 87402 (Farmington, NM) is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, NM is strongly conservative. In San Juan County, NM 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Juan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 34.6%.
San Juan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87402 (Farmington, NM) is moderately conservative.
Farmington, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
San Juan County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Farmington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Farmington, 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 87402 (Farmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 513 contributions totaling $53,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $30,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)