The politics of 81047 Holly, CO are largely influenced by the state of Colorado’s government and its decisions. The town is located in Prowers County, whose Republican Party has a greater influence on the area. As such, local politicians have aligned with the party's values and beliefs on local issues. For example, Prowers County recently voted to continue allowing oil and gas development in some parts of the county. This reflects a conservative approach to energy production that many of the local candidates support. Likewise, many have expressed a commitment to keeping taxes low while promoting economic growth through business development grants and other incentives for business owners. The town of Holly has had candidates from both major parties, but it tends to lean towards a more conservative stance on most political issues.
The political climate in Zip 81047 (Holly, CO) is very conservative.
Prowers County, CO is very conservative. In Prowers County, CO 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Prowers county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.2%.
Prowers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81047 (Holly, CO) is very conservative.
Holly, Colorado is very conservative.
Prowers 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.
Holly, 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 81047 (Holly)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $1,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $2,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)