The politics in 81641 Meeker, CO are typical of a rural town in Colorado. The small community is served by the Rio Blanco County Republican Party, with local representatives often attending county-level meetings and participating in state-wide initiatives. In recent years, the community has seen a number of changes to its political landscape, namely the election of more progressive candidates into local offices and increased support for environmental initiatives like renewable energy and conservation efforts. As part of the county, 81641 residents have access to resources like public libraries, transportation options, and emergency services that are funded through local taxes. Despite being a small town, Meeker’s citizens are highly engaged in its politics with regular attendance at meetings and forums held by their elected officials. Overall, 81641 is a vibrant community with politics that reflect its commitment to progress and sustainability.
The political climate in Zip 81641 (Meeker, CO) is very conservative.
Rio Blanco County, CO is very conservative. In Rio Blanco County, CO 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Blanco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.2%.
Rio Blanco county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81641 (Meeker, CO) is very conservative.
Meeker, Colorado is very conservative.
Rio Blanco 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.
Meeker, 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 81641 (Meeker)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $1,716 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $3,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)