The small town of Fruita, Colorado (zip code 81521) is home to a tight-knit community. It has an active government that works closely with local citizens to ensure the continued prosperity of the town. While there are not any local political candidates in this area, the mayor and members of the city council strive to keep Fruita safe and prosperous for all residents. Their main focuses are on infrastructure maintenance and improvements, economic development, public safety, and providing quality services to its citizens. The local government also works with many nonprofit organizations in order to provide assistance to those in need. All of these efforts have helped make Fruita a great place to live for its inhabitants.
The political climate in Zip 81521 (Fruita, 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 81521 (Fruita, CO) is moderately conservative.
Fruita, 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.
Fruita, 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 81521 (Fruita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 291 contributions totaling $21,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $11,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)