The city of Evans, CO is a vibrant and growing community located along the North Fork of the South Platte River in the state of Colorado. While relatively small, Evans has a unique political atmosphere that reflects its distinctive history and character. The mayor and City Council are responsible for local politics, with six councilmembers representing each ward. Currently, Mayor Mark Johnson is the leader of Evans, having been re-elected in 2020 for his fourth term. City Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month and are open to all residents to attend. The topics discussed at meetings range from budgeting to infrastructure projects to zoning regulations; residents can also raise their questions or concerns directly with the elected officials present. Despite its small size, Evans is an active member of its state government, frequently lobbying for issues that affect local residents. It also participates in regional initiatives designed to improve the quality of life throughout Colorado's Northern Front Range region.
The political climate in Evans, CO is leaning conservative.
Weld County, CO is moderately conservative. In Weld County, CO 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weld county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 39.6%.
Weld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Evans, CO is leaning conservative.
Weld County, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Greeley Metro Area is moderately 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.
Evans, 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 Evans, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,461 contributions totaling $118,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,334 contributions totaling $497,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)