Rocky Ford, CO is located in Otero County and is a small city with a population of approximately 4,000 residents. Despite its size, the politics of Rocky Ford are an important part of the local community. The town holds elections for mayor and city council every two years, to determine who will represent the interests of citizens at local government meetings. In addition to these local elected officials, Rocky Ford has representatives in both the state legislature and United States Congress. These legislators work on behalf of their constituents to get legislation passed that benefits Rocky Ford and all citizens living in the area. The people of Rocky Ford take their political responsibilities seriously, and they are actively engaged in the election process.
The political climate in Rocky Ford, CO is leaning conservative.
Otero County, CO is moderately conservative. In Otero County, CO 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rocky Ford, CO is leaning conservative.
Otero County, Colorado is moderately 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.
Rocky Ford, 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 Rocky Ford, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,298 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)