The politics in 81423 Norwood, Colorado are largely influenced by the regional and state political trends. As a part of the larger Durango and Montezuma County region, Norwood is represented in the Colorado Senate by Don Coram (R-Montrose) and in the Colorado House of Representatives by Barbara McLachlan (D-Durango). At the local level, Norwood is represented on the Montezuma County Commission by Dennis L. Lewis. The county government provides services such as law enforcement, road maintenance, emergency response, public health, planning and zoning regulations. In addition to local elections for offices like sheriff and treasurer, residents also vote on ballot initiatives related to various issues such as taxes and education.
The political climate in Zip 81423 (Norwood, CO) is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, CO is very liberal. In San Miguel County, CO 76.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.2% to 22.1%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81423 (Norwood, CO) is moderately liberal.
Norwood, Colorado is moderately liberal.
San Miguel County, Colorado is very 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.
Norwood, Colorado: D 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 81423 (Norwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $6,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,914 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)