The small town of Kiowa, Colorado is located in Elbert County and is home to approximately 80117 people. The local politics in Kiowa are focused on a few key issues like improving public services, reducing crime rates, and maintaining the quality of life in the community. There are two main political parties present in Kiowa: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Local elections often feature candidates from both parties vying for office, with each candidate bringing their own unique perspective on how they would move the community forward. However, no matter who is elected, residents can be assured that their voice will be heard and respected when it comes to making decisions about their home town's future.
The political climate in Zip 80117 (Kiowa, CO) is very conservative.
Elbert County, CO is very conservative. In Elbert County, CO 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 23.7%.
Elbert county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80117 (Kiowa, CO) is very conservative.
Kiowa, Colorado is very conservative.
Elbert County, Colorado is very 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.
Kiowa, 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 80117 (Kiowa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $5,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $16,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)