New Castle, Colorado is a small town with a population of approximately 5,000 people. It is located in Garfield County and is the county seat for the area. The local politics here are centered around the Town Board of Trustees, which consists of five members who are elected by residents to serve four year terms. These trustees shape policy and manage the affairs of New Castle through ordinances, resolutions and other measures. Every election cycle there are several candidates who run for office and it is up to local residents to select the best person to represent them. Candidates generally focus their campaigns on their vision for the future of New Castle and what they bring to the table in terms of experience and qualifications. They also discuss their plans for addressing issues relevant to New Castle such as economic development, infrastructure improvement, public safety, environmental initiatives and more. The citizens of New Castle take pride in their community and carefully consider all candidates during election cycles in order to ensure that they have strong representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in New Castle, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, CO is leaning liberal. In Garfield County, CO 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.9% to 47.6%.
Garfield county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Castle, CO is leaning conservative.
Garfield County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New Castle, Colorado: R r r r r 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 New Castle, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 947 contributions totaling $23,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $34,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)