The small town of Antonito, CO (81120) is located in the heart of Southern Colorado and is home to a diverse population. Politically, the town has historically leaned Democratic and has been represented by Democrats in both the state and federal legislatures. Currently, the area is represented by Representative Donald Valdez in Colorado's House of Representatives and Senator Michael Bennet in the U.S. Senate. Both have been advocates for economic development and community support, pushing for investments in infrastructure projects such as broadband expansion throughout Antonito as well as providing local assistance to farmers, ranchers and small businesses in the area. The citizens of Antonito continue to play an active role in local politics, with civic engagement initiatives like voter registration drives that promote civic involvement and participation on Election Day.
The political climate in Zip 81120 (Antonito, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Conejos County, CO is leaning conservative. In Conejos County, CO 45.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Conejos county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 45.2%.
Conejos county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81120 (Antonito, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Antonito, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Conejos County, Colorado is leaning 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.
Antonito, Colorado: r d D d 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 81120 (Antonito)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)