Lake City, CO is a small town that prides itself on its tight-knit community and focus on local issues. It has an active political scene with many passionate citizens eager to share their views and get involved in the electoral process. Local elections are hotly contested and often feature spirited debates about important topics such as education funding and infrastructure improvements. Every election cycle Lake City residents come out in droves to vote for their favorite candidates, eager to have their voices heard at the local level. The town boasts a range of political views from moderates to progressives, creating a vibrant space for meaningful dialogue between constituents and elected officials.
The political climate in Lake City, CO is moderately conservative.
Hinsdale County, CO is somewhat conservative. In Hinsdale County, CO 40.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hinsdale county remained very strongly Republican, 55.9% to 40.3%.
Hinsdale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, CO is moderately conservative.
Hinsdale County, Colorado is somewhat 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.
Lake City, 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 Lake City, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 80 contributions totaling $5,668 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)