The small, rural town of Guffey, Colorado (zip code 80820) is located in Park County and has a population of about 150 people. The mayor of Guffey is Joe Brightwell, who was elected in 2015 and is currently serving his second term. When it comes to local politics, the people of Guffey are actively engaged and take their responsibilities as citizens seriously. Issues such as taxes, water rights, transportation planning, and economic development are all considered when making decisions at the local level. Residents also have access to resources such as voter registration forms online and can stay informed on upcoming elections. The Town Council meets bi-monthly to discuss issues impacting the community and residents can attend these meetings or submit written comments if they are unable to attend in person. Overall, political engagement in Guffey remains high despite its small size.
The political climate in Zip 80820 (Guffey, CO) is moderately conservative.
Park County, CO is moderately conservative. In Park County, CO 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 39.9%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80820 (Guffey, CO) is moderately conservative.
Guffey, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Park County, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Guffey, 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 80820 (Guffey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $2,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)