Gallup, NM is located in the north-central part of the state. The city has a long history of political involvement, stretching back to the early days of its founding in 1881. In modern times, 87305 Gallup is represented at the state level by State Senator Benny Shendo Jr., who was first elected to his office in 2014. Other prominent officials representing 87305 Gallup include State Representative Patricia Lundstrum and McKinley County Commissioner Louisa Tahay-Holtsoi. Political issues important to residents of the area include economic development, public education, and health care access. Additionally, many local citizens take a keen interest in environmental sustainability initiatives as well as immigration and Native American rights initiatives. Gallup has historically been a strong voice for progressive ideals and continues to be an important center for political change in New Mexico today.
The political climate in Zip 87305 (Gallup, NM) is strongly liberal.
McKinley County, NM is very liberal. In McKinley County, NM 68.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKinley county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.1% to 29.5%.
McKinley county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 87305 (Gallup, NM) is strongly liberal.
Gallup, New Mexico is strongly liberal.
McKinley County, New Mexico is very liberal.
Gallup Metro Area is very 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.
Gallup, 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 87305 (Gallup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $2,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)