Florence, Colorado is a small city located in Fremont County with a population of about 3,800. It is considered a rural community and has a strong sense of local pride. The politics in Florence are generally conservative, with the majority of the population voting for Republican candidates in elections. The town prides itself on being fiscally responsible and socially conservative, with many of its residents strongly supporting traditional values. One recent political issue that has been discussed in the city is the idea of increasing taxes to help fund improvements to the local infrastructure. Residents have mixed opinions on this idea, with some feeling it will be beneficial for the future and others worried about potential unintended consequences. Overall, Florence is an engaged community when it comes to local politics and residents strive to make their voices heard in order to ensure that their town remains safe and prosperous into the future.
The political climate in Zip 81226 (Florence, CO) is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, CO is very conservative. In Fremont County, CO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 28.8%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81226 (Florence, CO) is strongly conservative.
Florence, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Fremont County, Colorado is very conservative.
Canon City Metro Area is very 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.
Florence, 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 81226 (Florence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $1,801 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $5,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)