Merino, Colorado, located in the northeastern part of the state, is a small rural community that takes pride in its peaceful atmosphere. The politics in 80741 Merino are generally conservative and focused on local issues such as education, public safety, and economic development. Local candidates often have a long history of involvement in the community and hold tight ties to both those residing within the town and those who have moved away from it. Merino elections typically feature candidates with strong grassroots support from community members, with each striving to ensure the town’s growth and prosperity through their own personal approach to governance. As a result of this focus on local issues, national party lines often take a back seat during election season.
The political climate in Zip 80741 (Merino, CO) is very conservative.
Logan County, CO is very conservative. In Logan County, CO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.1%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80741 (Merino, CO) is very conservative.
Merino, Colorado is very conservative.
Logan County, Colorado is very conservative.
Sterling Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Merino, 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 80741 (Merino)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)