The small town of Nucla, Colorado (zip code 81424) is home to about 900 people. Located in Montrose County, it is a rural community known for its strong economic base in agriculture and tourism. Politically, the town leans heavily toward conservative values. The majority of voters in Nucla are affiliated with the Republican party and regularly support conservative candidates at both the local and national levels. Local issues are addressed by a five-member board of trustees who are elected to serve two year terms by the citizens of Nucla. The current board is comprised entirely of Republicans and has supported initiatives such as increasing spending on infrastructure improvements and expanding recreational facilities. They have also worked to decrease taxes wherever possible while maintaining essential public services for residents. With elections approaching, citizens of Nucla will soon have an opportunity to vote on who will represent them in governing their community.
The political climate in Zip 81424 (Nucla, CO) is strongly conservative.
Montrose County, CO is very conservative. In Montrose County, CO 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montrose county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.8%.
Montrose county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81424 (Nucla, CO) is strongly conservative.
Nucla, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Montrose County, Colorado is very conservative.
Montrose 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.
Nucla, 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 81424 (Nucla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $122 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $1,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)