The 10 Most Liberal Cities In New Mexico For 2023


The most liberal cities in New Mexico are Taos and Santa Fe for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

In this article, we will explore some of the most liberal cities in New Mexico, where progressive ideas and inclusive attitudes flourish.

If you’re looking to move to New Mexico and want to know where the majority of New Mexicans lean left, you’ve come to the right place.

Specifically, we wanted to know which cities have the highest number of liberal voters in the Land Of Enchantment.

To do so, we analyzed how the people in each city in New Mexico with a population greater than 5,000 voted during the last presidential election. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Democrat were named the most liberal cities in the state.

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

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our 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 liberal cities in New Mexico.

And if you already knew these places were liberal, check out some more reading about New Mexico and the most liberal places in the country:


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


The 10 Most Liberal Places In New Mexico For 2023

Taos, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Zeality | GFDL
Percent Democrat: 76.4%
More on Taos: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Santa Fe, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Asaavedra32 | CC BY-SA 3.0
Percent Democrat: 76.0%
More on Santa Fe: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Edgewood, NM

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 76.0%
More on Edgewood: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Las Vegas, NM

Source: Wikipedia User Asaavedra32 | CC BY-SA 3.0
Percent Democrat: 68.4%
More on Las Vegas: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Gallup, NM

Source: Wikipedia User afiler from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) | CC BY-SA 2.0
Percent Democrat: 68.1%
More on Gallup: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Albuquerque, NM

Source: Wikipedia User John Phelan | CC BY 3.0
Percent Democrat: 61.0%
More on Albuquerque: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Rio Rancho, NM

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 61.0%
More on Rio Rancho: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM

Source: Wikipedia User John Phelan | CC BY 3.0
Percent Democrat: 61.0%
More on Los Ranchos De Albuquerque: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Grants, NM

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 53.3%
More on Grants: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Bernalillo, NM

Source: Public domain
Percent Democrat: 53.0%
More on Bernalillo: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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

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

Straight forward.

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 lean the most leftward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For Democratic 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 Democrats, 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.

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

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

Summing Up The Liberal Snowflakes in New Mexico

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

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

  1. Lovington
  2. Hobbs
  3. Artesia

For more New Mexico reading, check out:

Most Liberal Places In New Mexico

Rank City Population % Liberal
1 Taos, NM 6,524 76.4%
2 Santa Fe, NM 86,935 76.0%
3 Edgewood, NM 6,106 76.0%
4 Las Vegas, NM 13,247 68.4%
5 Gallup, NM 21,901 68.1%
6 Albuquerque, NM 562,336 61.0%
7 Rio Rancho, NM 102,403 61.0%
8 Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, NM 5,904 61.0%
9 Grants, NM 9,208 53.3%
10 Bernalillo, NM 9,049 53.0%
11 Corrales, NM 8,488 53.0%
12 Silver City, NM 9,694 52.6%
13 Socorro, NM 8,553 52.0%
14 Los Lunas, NM 17,072 44.2%
15 Belen, NM 7,374 44.2%
16 Deming, NM 14,730 44.0%
17 Raton, NM 6,082 43.4%
18 Truth Or Consequences, NM 6,078 38.1%
19 Alamogordo, NM 31,201 36.0%
20 Farmington, NM 46,696 34.6%
21 Bloomfield, NM 7,514 34.6%
22 Aztec, NM 6,283 34.6%
23 Ruidoso, NM 7,636 31.0%
24 Tucumcari, NM 5,221 30.2%
25 Clovis, NM 38,505 28.5%
26 Roswell, NM 48,347 28.4%
27 Portales, NM 12,151 27.3%
28 Carlsbad, NM 31,525 23.4%
29 Artesia, NM 12,637 23.4%
30 Hobbs, NM 39,476 19.4%
31 Lovington, NM 11,505 19.4%
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