Durango, Colorado is a beautiful city located in the Southwest corner of the state. The population of Durango as of 2019 is 18,581 according to the US Census Bureau. Politics in Durango are varied and often polarized given its location in a state with traditionally conservative leanings. The current mayor is Barbara Coddington, and she has held office since 2016. Durango has a council-manager form of government with a seven-member City Council who serve four year terms. The City Council oversees all local legislation within the city limits, including passing ordinances and resolutions, setting fiscal policy, and maintaining public services. There are several local political candidates vying for positions on the City Council in 2020 - some of whom have been active members of the community for many years and some who are new to local politics. Ultimately local politics in 81303 Durango CO will come down to which candidate can best serve their constituents and move forward with beneficial initiatives that bring progress to the city as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 81303 (Durango, CO) is leaning liberal.
La Plata County, CO is moderately liberal. In La Plata County, CO 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, La Plata county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.9%.
La Plata county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81303 (Durango, CO) is leaning liberal.
Durango, Colorado is leaning liberal.
La Plata County, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Durango Metro Area is moderately 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.
Durango, 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 81303 (Durango)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 977 contributions totaling $43,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $19,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)