Auto theft, rape, property damage, domestic abuse, DUI and other crime related to alcohol - and drug related crime - are much worse than other cites of that scope.
Also, the Albuquerque police department is a blue wall of abuse, incompetence, corruption and little transparency. The cons want heads busted in hardcore law-and-order enforcement and prison sentences. The libs are probably too far left on focusing on disproportionate arests of minorities and hippy-dippy methods of reducing future crime like better parenting, mental health and such. The people there are fed up. I can't believe a Dem is still the mayor there. Alubuquerque proper is pretty blue, while Rio Rancho to the north is severe red. As Rio Rancho developed, there was white flight to Rio Rancho away from Albuquerque.
A governor Halland - who is hella popular in NM (I was just there) - had better find a program that addresses this or Dems could lose the state.
1. NM is over 10% native American, and you can bet they're going to vote for her along with the other 50% or so of Dems in the state - the race is hers to lose.
2. Try typing "Albuquerque" this many times. It begins to sound wierd.
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