The politics of 81121 Arboles, CO are constantly changing and evolving. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2019 and has been in office since then. His party affiliation is with the Democratic Party. He has worked to ensure that all voices in the community are heard and respected by introducing a series of initiatives that promote community engagement. Other local political candidates in the area include Ben Jones, who is from the Republican Party and Karen White, who is an Independent candidate. Each of these candidates have different goals for their time in office and how they would like to represent their constituents if elected. There have been many debates between the candidates and each of them have strong opinions about various topics related to the city's future development. Despite having differences on some of these issues, all three are committed to making Arboles a better place for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 81121 (Arboles, CO) is moderately conservative.
Archuleta County, CO is somewhat conservative. In Archuleta County, CO 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Archuleta county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 40.9%.
Archuleta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81121 (Arboles, CO) is moderately conservative.
Arboles, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Archuleta County, Colorado is somewhat 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.
Arboles, 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 81121 (Arboles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $1,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)