Colo, IA is a small, rural town located in Story County with approximately 800 citizens. It is home to the famous Stonehaven Fur Farm and the historic Colosseum Theater. Although it may be small geographically, Colo boasts a big voice in politics. The town has a strong history of civic engagement and residents are passionate about voicing their opinions on local issues. There have been several grassroots initiatives over the years that have sought to shape public policy at the local level. The city council is composed of five elected officials who are responsible for setting policies and regulations for their constituents. In addition, elections for state representatives and senators take place every two years, giving Colo residents an opportunity to make their voices heard on state-wide issues.
The political climate in Colo, IA is leaning conservative.
Story County, IA is moderately liberal. In Story County, IA 57.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Story county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.2% to 39.9%.
Story county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colo, IA is leaning conservative.
Story County, Iowa is moderately liberal.
Ames Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
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.
Colo, Iowa: d d D D D 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 Colo, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $5,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $3,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)