Raton, NM is a small community located in the northeastern part of the state. It has a long history of local politics, which continue to this day. The city is served by a mayor and five city council members, who are all elected for four-year terms. They work together to manage the affairs of the community and determine policy on matters such as taxes, budgeting, development, and public safety. All major decisions made by the city government involve input from its citizens through public meetings and other forms of public engagement. In addition, Raton鈥檚 local elections have traditionally included town hall debates between candidates for office. Residents can get informed about local issues and learn more about their representatives by attending these forums and staying up to date with political news in the area.
The political climate in Zip 87740 (Raton, NM) is leaning conservative.
Colfax County, NM is somewhat conservative. In Colfax County, NM 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colfax county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 43.4%.
Colfax county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87740 (Raton, NM) is leaning conservative.
Raton, New Mexico is leaning conservative.
Colfax County, New Mexico is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Raton, New Mexico: d r D d 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 87740 (Raton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 247 contributions totaling $14,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)