The small town of Olathe, CO has a population of 81425 and is a tight-knit community. The local political scene in Olathe is dominated by small town values, with the main focus being on supporting local businesses, creating opportunities for residents, and protecting natural resources. One of the most popular candidates running in this year’s election is Joe Smith. He has made it his mission to reduce taxes for local families while maintaining services that are essential to the community’s quality of life. He also wants to invest more money into public schools and promote economic development initiatives that will benefit the people that live there. If elected, Joe Smith promises to make the town of Olathe even better than it already is.
The political climate in Zip 81425 (Olathe, 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 81425 (Olathe, CO) is strongly conservative.
Olathe, 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.
Olathe, 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 81425 (Olathe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 287 contributions totaling $6,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $3,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)