The politics of Burlington, Colorado (80807) are largely dominated by the Republican Party. With a population of 5,838 people, the city has a strong presence in local state and national elections. The most recent election saw Republican candidates winning all three city council seats and the mayor’s seat going to a pro-Republican candidate. Furthermore, various local issues such as economic development, education reform, and public safety have been addressed with a pro-Republican bent in the past. In addition to this, the community as a whole is very active in voting for conservative candidates. Many of its residents are vocal advocates for their conservative values and take part in political activities like volunteering and donating to campaigns from both sides of the aisle. This ensures that citizens who share their beliefs have a voice on important matters.
The political climate in Zip 80807 (Burlington, CO) is strongly conservative.
Kit Carson County, CO is very conservative. In Kit Carson County, CO 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kit Carson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 17.1%.
Kit Carson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80807 (Burlington, CO) is strongly conservative.
Burlington, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Kit Carson 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.
Burlington, 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 80807 (Burlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $5,232 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)