87116 Albuquerque, NM is the home of a vibrant and diverse political scene with many city and state-wide issues being discussed. The area is represented by both state and federal legislators, as well as local representatives in the New Mexico Senate and House of Representatives. Local issues such as education, crime levels, infrastructure spending, and immigration are often at the forefront of political debates throughout the city. Political candidates from both major parties typically focus on these topics during their campaigns in order to gain support from voters in 87116 Albuquerque, NM. It is important for residents of this community to stay informed about their local politics in order to ensure that they can make educated voting decisions that will help shape the future of 87116 Albuquerque, NM.
The political climate in Zip 87116 (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 87116 (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 87116 (Albuquerque)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $5,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)