Grand Junction, CO is located in Mesa County and is the largest city in the area. It is home to a variety of political candidates, but most of them are Republicans who have been elected by Mesa County voters. The county is typically conservative-leaning and the population leans heavily towards Republican voting. Policies such as lower taxes, limited government spending, limited regulation, support for law enforcement, and social conservatism are popular among local politicians. Grand Junction also tends to be very supportive of small businesses and has an ample number of locally owned shops throughout the city. All in all, Grand Junction's political landscape reflects its population: conservative with room for growth on progressive issues.
The political climate in Zip 81503 (Grand Junction, 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 81503 (Grand Junction, CO) is moderately conservative.
Grand Junction, 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.
Grand Junction, 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 81503 (Grand Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,800 contributions totaling $42,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $18,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)