The politics in 81224 Crested Butte, CO are largely focused on the local issues that concern its residents. The city is known for its warm, welcoming environment and most of the political candidates running for office share these values. Candidates typically come from within the community and represent a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives. They focus their campaigns on improving infrastructure, creating new revenue sources, providing more resources for education, and protecting natural resources. In addition to this, they also work together to preserve the small-town atmosphere that makes 81224 Crested Butte such an attractive destination for visitors and locals alike.
The political climate in Zip 81224 (Crested Butte, CO) is moderately liberal.
Gunnison County, CO is strongly liberal. In Gunnison County, CO 63.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gunnison county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.7% to 33.4%.
Gunnison county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81224 (Crested Butte, CO) is moderately liberal.
Crested Butte, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Gunnison County, Colorado is strongly liberal.
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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.
Crested Butte, Colorado: r 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 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 81224 (Crested Butte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $87,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $24,762 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)