The politics in Clifton, CO 81520 are represented by local, state and national elected officials. At the local level, residents of 81520 Clifton have the opportunity to vote for their members of the City Council, Mayor and other important positions within the city government. The representatives of 81520 Clifton also serve on state boards and committees to ensure that the community’s interests are represented at a higher level. Additionally, Colorado's federal representatives in Congress effectively represent 81520 Clifton as part of larger topics such as taxation, public education and defense spending. All of these representatives work together to ensure the best possible outcomes for the people of 81520 Clifton.
The political climate in Zip 81520 (Clifton, CO) is moderately conservative.
Mesa County, CO is strongly conservative. In Mesa County, CO 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mesa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.8% to 34.8%.
Mesa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81520 (Clifton, CO) is moderately conservative.
Clifton, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Mesa County, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Grand Junction Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Clifton, 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 81520 (Clifton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $3,061 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $11,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)