The town of Gypsum, CO is a small community with a population of approximately 6,000 and is known for its rural charm. Although Gypsum is not the most populated area in Colorado, it still has an active political climate. Local politics revolve around topics like education, public services, and taxes. The local elections are usually dominated by the two main parties: Republicans and Democrats. The candidates for office in Gypsum are typically passionate about the town and strive to make it a better place to live for everyone. Each candidate puts forward their own ideas about how to improve the community, and the citizens of Gypsum get to choose who they think will do the best job representing them. With such an engaged community participating in local politics, Gypsum is sure to have a bright future ahead!
The political climate in Gypsum, CO is somewhat liberal.
Eagle County, CO is strongly liberal. In Eagle County, CO 63.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eagle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.8% to 33.9%.
Eagle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gypsum, CO is somewhat liberal.
Eagle County, Colorado is strongly liberal.
Edwards Metro Area is strongly 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.
Gypsum, Colorado: r d D D D 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 Gypsum, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $63,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $82,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)