Mount Crested Butte, CO is a small mountain town located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. It has a local politics scene that is highly engaged and passionate about its community and the issues that matter most to its inhabitants. There are many local political candidates who run for office in 81225 Mount Crested Butte, CO each election cycle who come from all walks of life representing different constituencies and perspectives. These local politicians put their time and effort into advocating for the interests of their constituents and play an important role in shaping the future of the town. Every vote counts in these elections as each ballot could potentially decide who will lead the community for the next term.
The political climate in Zip 81225 (Mount Crested Butte, CO) is moderately liberal.
Gunnison County, CO is strongly liberal. In Gunnison County, CO 63.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gunnison county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.7% to 33.4%.
Gunnison county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81225 (Mount Crested Butte, CO) is moderately liberal.
Mount Crested Butte, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Gunnison County, Colorado is strongly liberal.
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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.
Mount Crested Butte, Colorado: r D D D D D
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 81225 (Mount Crested Butte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 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)