The small town of Dolores, CO with the zip code 81323 is a quaint community located in Montezuma County. Although it is a small community, the politics of Dolores are highly important to its residents. Civic engagement in Dolores is high and many local residents participate in voting events, attend town hall meetings, and participate in other forms of political activity. Due to this active participation, it is important for all local candidates running for office to be aware of the issues most important to the citizens of Dolores. The people of Dolores are looking for representatives that are knowledgeable about their needs and wants and who are willing to work hard to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 81323 (Dolores, 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 81323 (Dolores, CO) is moderately conservative.
Dolores, 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.
Dolores, 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 81323 (Dolores)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 341 contributions totaling $20,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $21,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)