Eads, Colorado is a small rural town in the Eastern Plains region of Colorado. The town has an estimated population of 890 people and is known for its cowboy heritage and farming culture. Despite its size, Eads has a thriving local political environment that is highly engaged and passionate about their community. The Town Council consists of 6 members who are elected by the citizens of Eads to serve two year terms with elections held every other year in May. With current issues ranging from water rights to property taxes, the Town Council works hard to address the needs of their constituents while finding ways to improve and grow the community. As a small town, its residents have access to their representatives directly which allows for meaningful communication between citizens and their local government officials.
The political climate in Eads, CO is strongly conservative.
Kiowa County, CO is very conservative. In Kiowa County, CO 10.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kiowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 10.9%.
Kiowa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eads, CO is strongly conservative.
Kiowa County, Colorado is very 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.
Eads, 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 Eads, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)