Politics in 81136 Hooper, CO is largely influenced by the state of Colorado. The majority of residents are registered with either the Democratic or Republican party. The local government is run by a mayor and several members of the council who are voted in during municipal elections. There is also a county-level board of commissioners that meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to the area. Voting on local ballot measures has been an important part of civic engagement here for many years. Community organizations and advocacy groups often work together to ensure that their voices are heard on important policy matters at all levels of government. Residents in 81136 Hooper, CO take pride in their ability to have a say in the political process and strive to make sure their opinions are heard.
The political climate in Zip 81136 (Hooper, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Alamosa County, CO is leaning conservative. In Alamosa County, CO 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamosa county flipped narrowly Republican, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Alamosa county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81136 (Hooper, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Hooper, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Alamosa 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.
Hooper, Colorado: r r D D d 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 81136 (Hooper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,605 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)