Grand Junction, CO Metro Area has a vibrant political landscape that includes a wide variety of issues and perspectives. The area is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Scott Tipton, who has been in office since 2011. On the state level, Grand Junction is represented by Republican Representatives Bob Rankin and Marc Catlin, who have both held office since 2015. Local government is managed by the Mesa County Board of County Commissioners, which consists of five elected commissioners from various districts within the county. On the county level, there are various elected officials responsible for managing different departments such as law enforcement, public health, and transportation. Additionally, Grand Junction voters participate in elections for mayor, city council members as well as voting on ballot initiatives and referendums related to local policy matters when applicable. All in all, the politics of Grand Junction are diverse and engaged with residents who actively participate in civic processes to ensure their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in Grand Junction Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Grand Junction Metro Area 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Grand Junction metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 34.8%.
The Grand Junction metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand Junction Metro Area is strongly 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.
Grand Junction, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Grand Junction Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,372 contributions totaling $442,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,560 contributions totaling $446,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)