Monte Vista, CO 81144 is a small town located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. It is notable for its close-knit community and vibrant culture. Politically, Monte Vista leans slightly conservative with historically higher voter turnout for Republican candidates. Nevertheless, there are still a wide variety of political opinions within the town. The most recent election saw Monte Vista residents expressing an overall desire to focus on local issues such as education, infrastructure, and public safety. In terms of representation at the state and federal level, the town is represented by Democrat Joe Neguse in the U.S House of Representatives and Republican Larry Crowder in the Colorado State Senate. Both have worked to ensure that the citizens’ voices are heard and their concerns addressed with appropriate legislation.
The political climate in Zip 81144 (Monte Vista, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Rio Grande County, CO is moderately conservative. In Rio Grande County, CO 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Grande county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.6%.
Rio Grande county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81144 (Monte Vista, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Monte Vista, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Rio Grande County, Colorado is moderately 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.
Monte Vista, 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 81144 (Monte Vista)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $2,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $10,973 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)