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Although state politics are decidedly Democratic leaning, New Mexico's political culture is relatively moderate and bipartisan by national standards. While registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 200,000, New Mexico voters have historically favored moderate to conservative candidates of both parties at the state and federal levels: According to [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]], the largest political ideology among New Mexicans is [[political moderate]] at 36%, while 34% are [[conservatism in the United States|conservatives]], 23% are [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]], and 7% stated they did not know.<ref name="Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project 2022">{{cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Public Life Landscape Study |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525045337/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Likewise, New Mexico's demographics are atypical of most traditional liberal states with "political ideology [being] less important" than the profile or outreach efforts of the individual candidate.<ref name="Caldwell-2022">{{Cite news |title=New Mexico Democrats push their state as a model for winning in Southwest |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/23/new-mexico-democrats-latino/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223192451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/23/new-mexico-democrats-latino/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to their historically positive connections to the state's heritage, the [[Republican Party of New Mexico|Republican]] and [[Democratic Party of New Mexico|Democratic parties of New Mexico]] are each relatively robust, and New Mexico is considered a [[bellwether|bellwether state]].<ref name="The Advocate 20202">{{cite web |date=October 20, 2020 |title=New Mexico: Blue or Purple? |url=https://theacademyadvocate.com/5187/news/new-mexico-blue-or-purple/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=The Advocate |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://theacademyadvocate.com/5187/news/new-mexico-blue-or-purple/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Reichbach 20152">{{cite web |last=Reichbach |first=Matthew |date=June 11, 2015 |title=New Mexico a top historical 'bellwether' state for president |url=https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2015/06/11/new-mexico-a-top-historical-bellwether-state-for-president/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=The NM Political Report |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2015/06/11/new-mexico-a-top-historical-bellwether-state-for-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Alberta 20202">{{cite web |last=Alberta |first=Tim |date=November 2, 2020 |title=This Place Has Picked Every President Since 1952. Is Its Streak About to End? |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/02/valencia-new-mexico-election-bellwether-433756 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=POLITICO |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/02/valencia-new-mexico-election-bellwether-433756 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ostermeier 20112">{{cite web |last=Ostermeier |first=Eric |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Meet the New Bellwether States: Ohio and Nevada |url=https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/02/17/meet-the-new-bellwether-states/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Smart Politics |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195126/https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/02/17/meet-the-new-bellwether-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Broh 1980 pp. 564–5702">{{cite journal |last=Broh |first=C. Anthony |year=1980 |title=Whether Bellwethers or Weather-Jars Indicate Election Outcomes |journal=The Western Political Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=564–570 |doi=10.2307/448072 |issn=0043-4078 |jstor=448072}}</ref> The state's | Although state politics are decidedly Democratic leaning, New Mexico's political culture is relatively moderate and bipartisan by national standards. While registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 200,000, New Mexico voters have historically favored moderate to conservative candidates of both parties at the state and federal levels: According to [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]], the largest political ideology among New Mexicans is [[political moderate]] at 36%, while 34% are [[conservatism in the United States|conservatives]], 23% are [[Liberalism in the United States|liberal]], and 7% stated they did not know.<ref name="Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project 2022">{{cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Public Life Landscape Study |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ |access-date=December 26, 2022 |website=Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525045337/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/religious-landscape-study/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Likewise, New Mexico's demographics are atypical of most traditional liberal states with "political ideology [being] less important" than the profile or outreach efforts of the individual candidate.<ref name="Caldwell-2022">{{Cite news |title=New Mexico Democrats push their state as a model for winning in Southwest |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/23/new-mexico-democrats-latino/ |access-date=2022-12-23 |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223192451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/23/new-mexico-democrats-latino/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Due to their historically positive connections to the state's heritage, the [[Republican Party of New Mexico|Republican]] and [[Democratic Party of New Mexico|Democratic parties of New Mexico]] are each relatively robust, and New Mexico is considered a [[bellwether|bellwether state]].<ref name="The Advocate 20202">{{cite web |date=October 20, 2020 |title=New Mexico: Blue or Purple? |url=https://theacademyadvocate.com/5187/news/new-mexico-blue-or-purple/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=The Advocate |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://theacademyadvocate.com/5187/news/new-mexico-blue-or-purple/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Reichbach 20152">{{cite web |last=Reichbach |first=Matthew |date=June 11, 2015 |title=New Mexico a top historical 'bellwether' state for president |url=https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2015/06/11/new-mexico-a-top-historical-bellwether-state-for-president/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=The NM Political Report |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2015/06/11/new-mexico-a-top-historical-bellwether-state-for-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Alberta 20202">{{cite web |last=Alberta |first=Tim |date=November 2, 2020 |title=This Place Has Picked Every President Since 1952. Is Its Streak About to End? |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/02/valencia-new-mexico-election-bellwether-433756 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=POLITICO |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195124/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/11/02/valencia-new-mexico-election-bellwether-433756 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Ostermeier 20112">{{cite web |last=Ostermeier |first=Eric |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Meet the New Bellwether States: Ohio and Nevada |url=https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/02/17/meet-the-new-bellwether-states/ |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Smart Politics |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195126/https://smartpolitics.lib.umn.edu/2011/02/17/meet-the-new-bellwether-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Broh 1980 pp. 564–5702">{{cite journal |last=Broh |first=C. Anthony |year=1980 |title=Whether Bellwethers or Weather-Jars Indicate Election Outcomes |journal=The Western Political Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=564–570 |doi=10.2307/448072 |issn=0043-4078 |jstor=448072}}</ref> The state's Republican Party was the first to incorporate Hispanics and Natives into leadership roles, such as territorial governor [[Miguel Antonio Otero (born 1859)|Miguel Antonio Otero]] and state governor [[Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo]], who was later the first Mexican American and first Hispanic member of the U.S. Senate.<ref name="McClain 2018 p. 1882">{{cite book |last=McClain |first=P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jaHsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188 |title=Can We All Get Along?: Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2018 |isbn=978-0-429-97516-5 |page=188 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215042026/https://books.google.com/books?id=jaHsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT188 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hornung 2013 p. 832">{{cite book |last=Hornung |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7mRB5UXx-YC&pg=PA83 |title=Cipriano Baca, Frontier Lawman of New Mexico |publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7864-7332-8 |page=83 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215042028/https://books.google.com/books?id=m7mRB5UXx-YC&pg=PA83 |url-status=live }}</ref> Republican president [[Theodore Roosevelt]] had much respect for the Hispanos, Mexican Americans, and indigenous communities of New Mexico, many of whom had been a part of his [[Rough Riders]].<ref name="Robertson 20112">{{cite web |last=Robertson |first=Gary |date=June 1, 2011 |title=Historic Old West buildings are Las Vegas, N.M.'s jewels |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-jun-01-la-tr-lvnm-20110601-story.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195123/https://www.latimes.com/travel/la-xpm-2011-jun-01-la-tr-lvnm-20110601-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Weideman 20222">{{cite web |last=Weideman |first=Paul |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Revival Las Vegas: The restoration of La Castañeda |url=https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/columns/art_of_space/revival-las-vegas-the-restoration-of-la-casta-eda/article_b7bdd69c-4321-5052-a4c2-690a2bf7bd71.html |access-date=December 16, 2022 |website=Santa Fe New Mexican |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216195123/https://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/columns/art_of_space/revival-las-vegas-the-restoration-of-la-casta-eda/article_b7bdd69c-4321-5052-a4c2-690a2bf7bd71.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Lujan Grisham succeeded two-term Republican governor [[Susana Martinez]] on January 1, 2019. [[Gary Johnson]] was governor from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, but in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] ran for president from the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]. New Mexico's Second Congressional District is among the most competitive in the country: Republican Herrell narrowly lost to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Xochitl Torres Small]] in 2018 but retook her seat in 2020, subsequently losing to Democrat [[Gabe Vasquez]] in 2022.<ref name="Caldwell-2022" /> Recent election cycles within the past decade have seen moderate incumbents replaced by progressive Democrats in cities like Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces, with conservative Republicans being elected in rural areas. Democrats in the state are usually strongest in the [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] area, parts of the [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] metro area (such as the southeast and central areas, including the affluent Nob Hill neighborhood and the vicinity of the [[University of New Mexico]]), Northern and West Central New Mexico, and most [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] reservations, particularly the [[Navajo Nation]].<ref name="Weigel" /> Republicans have traditionally had their strongholds in the eastern and southern parts of the state, the [[Farmington, New Mexico|Farmington]] area, [[Rio Rancho, New Mexico|Rio Rancho]], and the newly developed areas in the northwest mesa. Albuquerque's Northeast Heights have historically leaned Republican but have become a key swing area for Democrats in recent election cycles. | Lujan Grisham succeeded two-term Republican governor [[Susana Martinez]] on January 1, 2019. [[Gary Johnson]] was governor from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, but in [[2012 United States presidential election|2012]] and [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] ran for president from the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]. New Mexico's Second Congressional District is among the most competitive in the country: Republican Herrell narrowly lost to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Xochitl Torres Small]] in 2018 but retook her seat in 2020, subsequently losing to Democrat [[Gabe Vasquez]] in 2022.<ref name="Caldwell-2022" /> Recent election cycles within the past decade have seen moderate incumbents replaced by progressive Democrats in cities like Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Las Cruces, with conservative Republicans being elected in rural areas. Democrats in the state are usually strongest in the [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] area, parts of the [[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]] metro area (such as the southeast and central areas, including the affluent Nob Hill neighborhood and the vicinity of the [[University of New Mexico]]), Northern and West Central New Mexico, and most [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] reservations, particularly the [[Navajo Nation]].<ref name="Weigel" /> Republicans have traditionally had their strongholds in the eastern and southern parts of the state, the [[Farmington, New Mexico|Farmington]] area, [[Rio Rancho, New Mexico|Rio Rancho]], and the newly developed areas in the northwest mesa. Albuquerque's Northeast Heights have historically leaned Republican but have become a key swing area for Democrats in recent election cycles. | ||