The small town of Creede, Colorado is located in Mineral County and has a unique political atmosphere. Although there is no exact population figure available, the town is estimated to have around 400 citizens living within its borders. A majority of these citizens are registered Republicans, however due to the size of the town, all local politics remain nonpartisan. The town’s mayor, councilors, and other local political positions are selected by the citizens who reside in Creede without regard for their party affiliation. Elections are usually very close with a few candidates being chosen to represent the interests of the community at large. Although not much is known about who might be running for office in Creede this year, residents can rest assured that their voices will be heard when it comes time to vote on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 81130 (Creede, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Mineral County, CO is somewhat conservative. In Mineral County, CO 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mineral county remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 41.9%.
Mineral county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81130 (Creede, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Creede, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Mineral County, Colorado is somewhat 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.
Creede, 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 81130 (Creede)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $13,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)