The town of Chacra, CO is a small rural community that has been around since the late 1800s. Despite its small size, Chacra has an active political scene with local elections occurring every few years. These elections give residents the opportunity to choose representatives to serve on the town board which makes important decisions about how the town operates. The town board is responsible for approving budgets, setting taxes, and deciding who receives services from the local government. Every election cycle brings new candidates who are passionate about improving life in Chacra and representing their community in a positive way. These candidates use innovative strategies to engage voters and reach out to them through various forms of media. Residents of Chacra take their civic duties seriously when it comes time to vote, as they are proud of their small-town values and want their voices heard in local politics.
The political climate in Chacra, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, CO is leaning liberal. In Garfield County, CO 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 47.6%.
Garfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chacra, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Chacra, Colorado: R r r r r 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 Chacra, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,310 contributions totaling $199,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 418 contributions totaling $311,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $745 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)