The 10 Most Conservative Cities In New Mexico For 2023


The most conservative cities in New Mexico are Lovington and Hobbs for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of New Mexico would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Land Of Enchantment?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in New Mexico with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 most conservative places in New Mexico for 2023

  1. Lovington
  2. Hobbs
  3. Artesia
  4. Carlsbad
  5. Portales
  6. Roswell
  7. Clovis
  8. Tucumcari
  9. Ruidoso
  10. Aztec

If you’re wondering, Taos is the most liberal city in New Mexico of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in New Mexico.

Additional reading about New Mexico and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In New Mexico For 2023

Lovington, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 79.0%
More on Lovington: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Hobbs, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 79.0%
More on Hobbs: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Artesia, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 75.2%
More on Artesia: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Carlsbad, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 75.2%
More on Carlsbad: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Portales, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Wordbuilder | CC BY 3.0

Percent Republican: 70.1%
More on Portales: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Roswell, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Phil Campbell | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 69.8%
More on Roswell: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Clovis, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Wordbuilder | GFDL

Percent Republican: 69.2%
More on Clovis: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Tucumcari, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Wordbuilder | CC BY 3.0

Percent Republican: 68.0%
More on Tucumcari: Data | Real Estate

Ruidoso, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 67.4%
More on Ruidoso: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Aztec, NM

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 62.9%
More on Aztec: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

How we determined the most conservative cities in New Mexico for 2023

To find the most conservative places in New Mexico, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in New Mexico over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 31 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 31 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Lovington, is “The Most Conservative City in New Mexico For 2023”. The most liberal place in New Mexico was Taos.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in New Mexico.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in New Mexico

Well, there you have it, the places in New Mexico that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Lovington ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in New Mexico:

  1. Taos
  2. Santa Fe
  3. Gallup

For more New Mexico reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In New Mexico

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Lovington, NM 11,505 79.0%
2 Hobbs, NM 39,476 79.0%
3 Artesia, NM 12,637 75.2%
4 Carlsbad, NM 31,525 75.2%
5 Portales, NM 12,151 70.1%
6 Roswell, NM 48,347 69.8%
7 Clovis, NM 38,505 69.2%
8 Tucumcari, NM 5,221 68.0%
9 Ruidoso, NM 7,636 67.4%
10 Aztec, NM 6,283 62.9%
11 Bloomfield, NM 7,514 62.9%
12 Farmington, NM 46,696 62.9%
13 Alamogordo, NM 31,201 61.6%
14 Truth Or Consequences, NM 6,078 59.6%
15 Deming, NM 14,730 54.4%
16 Raton, NM 6,082 54.4%
17 Belen, NM 7,374 53.8%
18 Los Lunas, NM 17,072 53.8%
19 Socorro, NM 8,553 45.5%
20 Silver City, NM 9,694 45.4%
21 Grants, NM 9,208 44.6%
22 Corrales, NM 8,488 44.6%
23 Bernalillo, NM 9,049 44.6%
24 Edgewood, NM 6,106 44.6%
25 Rio Rancho, NM 102,403 44.6%
26 Albuquerque, NM 562,336 36.6%
27 Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 5,904 36.6%
28 Las Vegas, NM 13,247 29.7%
29 Gallup, NM 21,901 29.5%
30 Santa Fe, NM 86,935 22.3%
31 Taos, NM 6,524 21.6%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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