The small rural town of Holyoke, Colorado is located in Phillips county and has a population of just over 3,000 people. In the city government, there are five city council members that make up the governing body and are elected by the residents to represent them in local matters. The current mayor of Holyoke is Justin Russell, who was elected in 2019 on a platform of economic development for the small town. The issues that they face include balancing growth with preserving the rural character of the community as well as improving infrastructure and public safety services. Additionally, they have also been focusing on increasing affordable housing options for those living and working in Holyoke. Local political candidates focus their campaigns on these issues as well as advocating for improved quality of life within their city limits.
The political climate in Zip 80734 (Holyoke, CO) is strongly conservative.
Phillips County, CO is very conservative. In Phillips County, CO 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.6%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80734 (Holyoke, CO) is strongly conservative.
Holyoke, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Phillips 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.
Holyoke, 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 80734 (Holyoke)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $1,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $4,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)