Basalt, CO is the county seat of Eagle County and is located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. As a small mountain town, Basalt has a small population of around 3,543 people as of 2020. While it is a small community, politics are still important to its citizens. The town uses both local and statewide elections to choose their political representatives at both levels of government. At the state level, Basalt residents elect officials for Colorado’s state senate and house of representatives while local elections are used to decide on members for the Basalt Town Council. The City Council takes care of matters such as bylaws, zoning ordinances, and other duties that affect daily life in Basalt. By having these two separate levels of government within one city, Basalt's citizens can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to politics in their own community.
The political climate in Zip 81621 (Basalt, CO) is moderately liberal.
Eagle County, CO is strongly liberal. In Eagle County, CO 63.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eagle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.8% to 33.9%.
Eagle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81621 (Basalt, CO) is moderately liberal.
Basalt, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Eagle County, Colorado is strongly liberal.
Edwards Metro Area is strongly 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.
Basalt, Colorado: r 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 81621 (Basalt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 804 contributions totaling $277,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $62,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $504 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)