The politics in 81152 San Luis, CO are varied and vibrant. The city is part of Costilla County, which holds elections every two years for the county commissioners, sheriff, clerk and recorder, assessor, coroner, and surveyor. Additionally, the City of San Luis has an elected mayor-council form of government with a mayor and six council members elected at large to serve four-year terms. Political campaigns in the area focus on issues such as economic development for the community's small businesses and addressing rural poverty. Community organizations strive to increase voter turnout among local residents during elections by providing them with information about election dates and candidates running for office. Overall, 81152 San Luis makes sure everyone has their voice heard in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 81152 (San Luis, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Costilla County, CO is strongly liberal. In Costilla County, CO 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Costilla county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Costilla county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81152 (San Luis, CO) is somewhat liberal.
San Luis, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Costilla 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.
San Luis, Colorado: D 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 81152 (San Luis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)