The small town of Campo, Colorado is located in Baca County and is home to approximately 500 residents. Despite its size, politics are an important part of life in Campo. Local elections take place biennially, with the most recent election taking place in 2019. The current mayor is Chris Strong and the four trustees are Bruce Bartels, Matt Cunningham, Peggy Gross, and Ginny Marlin. A number of committees have been established to help shape local policy including a Planning Commission and a Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Together these committees make decisions about zoning laws, economic development initiatives, and other important issues that affect the community as a whole. The local government maintains open communication with all members of the community in order to ensure each resident's voice is heard when forming new policies or making changes to existing ones.
The political climate in Zip 81029 (Campo, CO) is very conservative.
Baca County, CO is very conservative. In Baca County, CO 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.2%.
Baca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81029 (Campo, CO) is very conservative.
Campo, Colorado is very conservative.
Baca County, Colorado is very 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.
Campo, 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 81029 (Campo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)