Walsenburg, Colorado is a small city located in Huerfano County and is part of the Pueblo metropolitan area. The city has a long history, having been founded in 1881 by the Walsen family. Although it is a small city, it has an active political environment, with multiple positions elected or appointed at the local level. The Mayor of Walsenburg is elected every four years and serves as the head of the executive branch of government. The City Council consists of five members who are responsible for making policy and enacting laws for Walsenburg. Additionally, there are two members on the Huerfano County Board of Commissioners representing Walsenburg residents. These individuals are responsible for setting budgets and establishing countywide policies that affect all citizens in Huerfano County. In addition to these roles, there may be other local elections for specific offices such as city treasurer or police chief. Local residents actively participate in the political process to ensure their voices are heard and their needs are met.
The political climate in Walsenburg, CO is leaning liberal.
Huerfano County, CO is leaning conservative. In Huerfano County, CO 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huerfano county remained Republican, 50.0% to 47.1%.
Huerfano county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walsenburg, CO is leaning liberal.
Huerfano County, Colorado is leaning 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.
Walsenburg, Colorado: d r D d 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 Walsenburg, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $6,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,763 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)