The small rural town of Matheson, Colorado is a wonderful place to live. The population of Matheson is only around 400 people, however it has a vibrant political life. The town is represented by the Elbert County Board of Supervisors and the Colorado State Legislature. All of the elected officials strive to ensure that the town's citizens have access to quality services, public safety, and community events. Local elections typically consist of county-wide races for positions like Sheriff or Commissioner as well as state representatives for House Districts. It's important to note that these are non-partisan races; candidates must run on their merits rather than party affiliations. Every two years, residents come together to vote for leaders who will work hard to promote the best interests of the town and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 80830 (Matheson, 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 80830 (Matheson, CO) is very conservative.
Matheson, 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.
Matheson, 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 80830 (Matheson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)