Cathedral, CO is a small town located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Although Cathedral is a relatively small town with only about 500 residents, the people of Cathedral take their politics seriously. Because of this, there are a number of local political candidates who are vying for office each election cycle. These candidates come from all backgrounds and represent a variety of political views. Many of these local political candidates actively campaign around town to get their message out and garner support from the citizens of Cathedral. The people here take pride in being involved in politics and electing representatives who will make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Cathedral, CO is moderately conservative.
Hinsdale County, CO is somewhat conservative. In Hinsdale County, CO 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hinsdale county remained very strongly Republican, 55.9% to 40.3%.
Hinsdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cathedral, CO is moderately conservative.
Hinsdale County, Colorado is somewhat 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.
Cathedral, 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 Cathedral, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $5,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)