The Albuquerque, NM Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse political environment. Politicians in the area work to promote economic growth, social justice, and environmental stewardship. At the local level, citizens of the area elect mayors, city councilmembers, school board members and other officials that help govern their community. Because of its unique character and rich history, Albuquerque boasts a wide variety of political parties that all strive for the betterment of the city. From left-wing independent to moderate Democrat to conservative Republican, there is an active political dialogue in this part of New Mexico. Furthermore, a number of publically funded initiatives have been implemented to ensure that all residents are afforded equal access to social services and educational resources regardless of their economic or cultural backgrounds. This concerted effort to create an inclusive society has made politics in Albuquerque both vibrant and diverse.
The political climate in Albuquerque Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Albuquerque Metro Area 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Albuquerque metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 39.8%.
The Albuquerque metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Albuquerque Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94,779 contributions totaling $8,369,254 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,380 contributions totaling $2,651,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)