Bayfield, Colorado is a beautiful town located in La Plata County. It is an agricultural and ranching community situated near the San Juan Mountains. Despite its small size, Bayfield has a vibrant political environment. There are several organizations dedicated to local politics such as the La Plata County Republican Party and the La Plata County Democratic Party. The town also has two city council members who are responsible for setting policy and determining budgets. In addition, there are numerous community groups that focus on issues related to local government such as water rights, environmental protection, public safety, education, and economic development. The citizens of Bayfield take economics seriously and the town has seen significant investment from both private businesses and public entities over the years. This investment has resulted in job growth and an improved quality of life for Bayfield residents.
The political climate in Bayfield, CO is leaning liberal.
La Plata County, CO is moderately liberal. In La Plata County, CO 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Plata county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.9%.
La Plata county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bayfield, CO is leaning liberal.
La Plata County, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Durango Metro Area is moderately 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.
Bayfield, Colorado: R d D d d 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 Bayfield, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,035 contributions totaling $78,131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 219 contributions totaling $54,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)