Parachute, CO is a small town located in western Colorado. While the population size is unknown, it has a strong sense of community pride and involvement in local politics. The town's Board of Trustees are elected to represent the citizens and make sure their voices are heard in regards to important matters impacting the town. Community members also come together to discuss topics such as job creation, growth initiatives, public safety, and environment protection. Every year local residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions on who should be elected as Mayor or Trustee by casting their ballots at the polls. Once elected, these individuals work hard to ensure that the best interests of Parachute’s citizens remain at the forefront of all decisions they make.
The political climate in Parachute, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, CO is leaning liberal. In Garfield County, CO 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 47.6%.
Garfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parachute, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Parachute, Colorado: R r r r r d
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 Parachute, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 567 contributions totaling $13,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $9,809 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)