The small town of Akron, Colorado bears the ZIP code 80720 and is home to a diverse population of citizens. Politically, this rural area holds strong ties to the state's Republican party, although there is an even split among registered voters. Local politics in Akron revolve primarily around issues of economic development and public safety. The town council meets regularly to discuss budgets and other topics that contribute to the community's local quality of life. At present, no local political candidates have been identified for the upcoming election cycle. However, many believe that the people of Akron will be closely watching the races at both the state and federal levels as they look ahead to what their hometown has in store.
The political climate in Zip 80720 (Akron, CO) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, CO is very conservative. In Washington County, CO 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.3%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80720 (Akron, CO) is strongly conservative.
Akron, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Colorado is very conservative.
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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.
Akron, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 80720 (Akron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)