Black Hawk, CO is a small city located in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Gilpin County. It is steeped in rich history and has enjoyed great success since its founding in 1859. As a result of its population of around 100 people, the local politics of Black Hawk are quite limited in scope. Despite this, there are still many important topics discussed and voted on by the City Council. These topics primarily focus on providing essential services like water, sewer, electricity, trash collection, and law enforcement to citizens. Additionally, they also have a responsibility to ensure that businesses within Black Hawk are operating within legal parameters. The City Council also holds special meetings to discuss larger issues such as fiscal responsibility and infrastructure development in order to foster economic growth for the community as a whole. Ultimately, it is up to the residents of Black Hawk to make their voices heard at these various meetings and ensure that their concerns are being addressed by their elected officials.
The political climate in Black Hawk, CO is leaning liberal.
Gilpin County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Gilpin County, CO 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilpin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 43.8%.
Gilpin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Black Hawk, CO is leaning liberal.
Gilpin County, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Black Hawk, Colorado: d 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 Black Hawk, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $14,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $11,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)