Grand Junction, CO is located in Mesa County and is the county seat. It is the largest city in western Colorado and home to a diverse population of around 60,000 people. Grand Junction has an active political life with a variety of organizations dedicated to local government and civic engagement. The city's government consists of an elected mayor and council members who are responsible for all forms of municipal governance. Additionally, Grand Junction is part of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District which elects one representative to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. There are also many state-wide issues that residents can get involved in by voting on ballot initiatives during elections. Overall, Grand Junction is a politically engaged community with many opportunities for citizens to become involved in the democratic process.
The political climate in Grand Junction, CO is somewhat conservative.
Mesa County, CO is strongly conservative. In Mesa County, CO 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mesa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 34.8%.
Mesa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Junction, CO is somewhat conservative.
Mesa County, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Grand Junction Metro Area is strongly 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.
Grand Junction, 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 Grand Junction, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,669 contributions totaling $805,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,906 contributions totaling $733,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)