Hotchkiss, CO is a small town located in western Colorado. As in many small towns, the politics of Hotchkiss are mainly focused on local issues such as education, public safety, housing affordability and economic development. Hotchkiss has a five-member Town Council that oversees everything from local taxes to planning and development. The Town Council meets every first and third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 PM. Residents of Hotchkiss have the opportunity to attend these meetings and voice their opinions on any issue that concerns them. In recent years, residents have organized to support local initiatives such as increasing housing affordability and keeping city services affordable for all residents. Additionally, they have been vocal about encouraging more renewable energy projects in the area. With a strong sense of community and understanding of what works best for the town, Hotchkiss continues to thrive under strong local leadership.
The political climate in Hotchkiss, CO is strongly conservative.
Delta County, CO is very conservative. In Delta County, CO 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Delta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hotchkiss, CO is strongly conservative.
Delta 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.
Hotchkiss, 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 Hotchkiss, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 777 contributions totaling $35,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $27,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $520 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)