Grand Lake, Colorado is a small mountain town located in Grand County. Politics in the area are typically quite calm and peaceful, with most citizens having similar values and beliefs. Grand Lake is mostly rural, and local politics often center around managing the resources of the area to ensure economic sustainability and environmental conservation. Local government officials take their roles seriously and strive to do what is best for the community while taking into account the views of their constituents. Political races in Grand Lake are generally low-key affairs, as it is a small town that doesn't usually see much in terms of political tensions or controversies. There are no current candidates running for office in Grand Lake, but locals keep up with regional, state, and national elections as well as relevant issues that could potentially affect them directly.
The political climate in Grand Lake, CO is leaning conservative.
Grand County, CO is leaning conservative. In Grand County, CO 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county remained narrowly Republican, 49.5% to 47.7%.
Grand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Lake, CO is leaning conservative.
Grand County, Colorado is leaning 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 Lake, 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 Lake, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $12,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $3,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)