The small town of Hotchkiss, Colorado (81419) is a rural community of under 900 people. It is located south of Grand Junction and is surrounded by beautiful landscapes and the West Elk Mountains. Despite its small size, the town of Hotchkiss has a thriving political community. Local candidates campaigning for office have made their interest in the town known, offering their support to local businesses, schools, and families. Town residents are passionate about making sure that their voices are heard at every level of government. From county supervisors to state representatives, they all make sure that their issues are addressed and that important decisions are made with fairness and justice in mind. The people of Hotchkiss care deeply about the future of their town as well as the entire region surrounding it.
The political climate in Zip 81419 (Hotchkiss, CO) is very conservative.
Delta County, CO is very conservative. In Delta County, CO 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Delta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81419 (Hotchkiss, CO) is very conservative.
Hotchkiss, Colorado is very conservative.
Delta County, Colorado is very 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.
Hotchkiss, 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 81419 (Hotchkiss)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 777 contributions totaling $35,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $27,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $520 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)