Gardner, CO is a small town located in Costilla County with a population of 81040. Every two years, the citizens of Gardner have the opportunity to select their local representatives for mayor, city council, and any other political offices that are up for election. During this time, the residents consider the qualifications of each candidate carefully before casting their vote. The candidates offer their vision and platform on how they will lead our town. They detail what they plan to do in order to improve local services, create new jobs, attract more visitors and businesses to Gardner, and invest in necessary infrastructure projects. Ultimately it is up to the voters to decide which candidate best meets their needs and interests for our community’s future. Through an open and democratic process every two years, Gardner’s citizens keep our government accountable and ensure that we have strong leaders who prioritize our needs moving forward.
The political climate in Zip 81040 (Gardner, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Huerfano County, CO is leaning conservative. In Huerfano County, CO 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huerfano county remained Republican, 50.0% to 47.1%.
Huerfano county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81040 (Gardner, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Gardner, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Huerfano County, Colorado is leaning 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.
Gardner, Colorado: d r D d 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 81040 (Gardner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $8,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)