The small town of Empire, CO (zip code 80438) is home to a close-knit community of citizens who are passionate about their local politics. The town has a mayor and a city council that work to ensure the best interests of its residents are taken into account on all decisions. Every year, the townspeople turn out in force to elect their representatives for each position in local government. Each candidate brings a unique set of ideas and solutions to the table and strives to make sure that everyone in Empire is heard, no matter their opinion or political views. While the candidates may disagree on certain issues, they share an unwavering commitment to making sure that everyone's voice can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 80438 (Empire, CO) is leaning liberal.
Clear Creek County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Clear Creek County, CO 55.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clear Creek county remained strongly Democratic, 55.0% to 42.1%.
Clear Creek county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80438 (Empire, CO) is leaning liberal.
Empire, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Clear Creek County, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Empire, 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 80438 (Empire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)