The small town of Glade Park, CO (Zip code 81523) is home to many hardworking individuals and families who take a strong interest in local politics. The community-focused atmosphere allows for a wide variety of opinions to be shared, and there are often lively debates amongst the townspeople. Issues such as taxes, education, and public safety are frequent topics of discussion at the town hall meetings. Voting takes place during local elections and residents take their civic duty seriously by making sure they are educated on the candidates and ballot initiatives. There is an abundance of support from both current and former elected officials in Glade Park that help bring change to the region. This commitment to bettering their community makes Glade Park a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 81523 (Glade Park, CO) is strongly 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 81523 (Glade Park, CO) is strongly conservative.
Glade Park, Colorado is strongly 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.
Glade Park, 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 81523 (Glade Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $2,261 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)