South Fork, Colorado is a small town tucked away in the beautiful San Juan Mountains. Despite its rural charm and quiet atmosphere, South Fork is an important part of the local political landscape. With numerous local initiatives and political campaigns in progress, the citizens of South Fork are actively engaged in politics. Local political parties include Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and other independents. While the majority of voters lean towards conservative candidates, South Fork also has a vibrant grassroots movement that focuses on progressive causes such as environmental protection and environmental justice. The town also hosts regular elections for mayor and city council members who serve their constituents with dedication and enthusiasm. In addition to these offices, there are many other ways for citizens to get involved in politics at the local level including volunteering on campaigns or attending community meetings to keep informed about current issues.
The political climate in South Fork, CO is somewhat conservative.
Rio Grande County, CO is moderately conservative. In Rio Grande County, CO 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Grande county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.6%.
Rio Grande county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Fork, CO is somewhat conservative.
Rio Grande County, Colorado is moderately 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.
South Fork, Colorado: R R r r 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 South Fork, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $16,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $3,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)