The town of Cortez, CO (81321) is a rural but thriving community located in Montezuma County. Although the population of Cortez is small, the local politics are highly active and involved in the well-being of its citizens. The residents of Cortez are passionate about their beliefs and values and strive to make their voices heard in all aspects of city life. Each election season brings out candidates who support different issues that affect the people living in the area. These local political figures have a large amount of influence on how Cortez moves forward and shape its future for generations to come. As such, it is important for residents to be informed about their candidates and understand the issues that matter to them so they can make an educated decision when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 81321 (Cortez, CO) is moderately conservative.
Montezuma County, CO is moderately conservative. In Montezuma County, CO 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montezuma county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 37.7%.
Montezuma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81321 (Cortez, CO) is moderately conservative.
Cortez, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Montezuma County, Colorado is moderately 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.
Cortez, 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 81321 (Cortez)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,307 contributions totaling $70,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $51,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)