The politics in Trinidad, CO (81082) are reflective of the values of the local community. The town has a long and proud history of civic engagement, where citizens come together to debate issues that matter to them. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on sustainability and community efforts to reduce environmental impact. As such, local political candidates have focused on topics such as public transportation, renewable energy sources, and air quality improvements. In addition to these issues, candidates often take stances on more traditional policies such as education reform and infrastructure development. The elections in Trinidad involve a wide range of people from all walks of life, offering local residents an opportunity to make their voices heard in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 81082 (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
Zip 81082 (Trinidad, CO) is leaning conservative.
Trinidad, Colorado is leaning conservative.
Las Animas County, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
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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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 81082 (Trinidad)
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)