Politics in 81007 Pueblo West, CO are centered around the interests of its diverse population. The area is represented in the Colorado General Assembly by Republican Ray Scott and Democrat Bri Buentello. Locally, Pueblo West is governed by a five-member board of directors that is elected at-large to staggered four year terms. The board sets policy for the community and passes an annual budget, which provides funding for services such as public safety, parks and recreation, streets, water service, sewer service and trash collection. Additionally, citizens have the opportunity to get involved with local politics through their involvement in various civic organizations or through initiatives sponsored by the Board of Directors.
The political climate in Zip 81007 (Pueblo West, CO) is leaning conservative.
Pueblo County, CO is leaning liberal. In Pueblo County, CO 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pueblo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 47.8%.
Pueblo county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81007 (Pueblo West, CO) is leaning conservative.
Pueblo West, Colorado is leaning conservative.
Pueblo County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Pueblo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pueblo West, Colorado: D d D D r 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 81007 (Pueblo West)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 603 contributions totaling $30,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 556 contributions totaling $141,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)