Trinidad, Colorado is a small city located in Las Animas County in the state of Colorado. It has a rich history and diverse culture with an estimated population of around 9,000 people. In Trinidad, politics are handled by the City Council which consists of five members that are elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Brent Eddie who was elected in November 2019. The council members work together to determine policies that best represent the interests of their constituents. They discuss and pass ordinances, establish budgets, review bids for services and set tax rates. Other responsibilities include appointing citizens to various boards and committees, making appointments to city departments and staff positions and submitting issues for public vote or referendum. Additionally, Trinidad holds elections for statewide and national offices whenever necessary. Local political candidates running for office can be found through political parties or civic organizations within Trinidad such as the League of Women Voters of Las Animas County or the Progressive Alliance of Las Animas County. Each candidate provides individual perspectives on how they will tackle local issues facing Trinidad’s citizens such as economic growth and community development while also advocating for social justice reforms on a larger scale.
The political climate in Trinidad, CO is leaning conservative.
Las Animas County, CO is somewhat conservative. In Las Animas County, CO 43.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Las Animas county remained moderately Republican, 53.8% to 43.9%.
Las Animas county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trinidad, CO is leaning conservative.
Las Animas County, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Colorado 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.
Trinidad, Colorado: D d d d R r
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Trinidad, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 349 contributions totaling $11,648 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $6,799 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)