Grand Junction is located in Mesa County, Colorado and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor of the city is Duke Wortmann, who was elected in 2017 and reelected in 2019. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to serve four-year terms. Grand Junction is a politically diverse community that values civility, collaboration, and an open dialogue between government officials and citizens. In addition to local elections, residents of 81506 Grand Junction are encouraged to participate in state-wide initiatives as well as national campaigns. Furthermore, there are several organizations based in 81506 Grand Junction that engage with local politics such as the Mesa County Democratic Central Committee and the Mesa County Republican Party. All of these organizations work together to ensure representation for their causes within the greater political landscape of the area.
The political climate in Zip 81506 (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 81506 (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 81506 (Grand Junction)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,471 contributions totaling $108,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 582 contributions totaling $127,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)