Alamosa, CO is a small city located in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado. It has a rich cultural history, and its population is made up of a diverse mix of people from various backgrounds. Politically, Alamosa is part of Colorado's 3rd Congressional District and represented in the United States House of Representatives by Lauren Boebert. At the state level, Alamosa falls within Senate District 35 and House District 62, which are represented respectively by Senator Don Coram (R) and Representative Daneya Esgar (D). Locally, Alamosa has an 11-member city council that is responsible for governing the city. The mayor is currently Ty Coleman (Democrat), who was elected into office in November 2020. He works with the councilmembers to make decisions about how to best serve the citizens of Alamosa through municipal policies. Additionally, there are numerous other local politicians who work together with elected officials on specific issues or local initiatives to ensure prosperity for their constituents.
The political climate in Alamosa, CO is leaning liberal.
Alamosa County, CO is leaning conservative. In Alamosa County, CO 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamosa county flipped narrowly Republican, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Alamosa county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alamosa, CO is leaning liberal.
Alamosa County, Colorado is leaning 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.
Alamosa, Colorado: r r D D d 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 Alamosa, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 590 contributions totaling $37,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $7,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)