The small town of Paonia, CO (zip code 81428) is a picturesque mountain town with a population of around 1,400 people. Despite its small size, the politics in Paonia are thriving. The current mayor is Neal Schwieterman, who was elected to a four-year term in 2018. He is joined on the board of trustees by five other members: Jim Laffrey, Cathy Markham, David Bradford, Dara MacPherson and Scott Reiter. Together they work to ensure that Paonia has the best possible services and infrastructure to serve its citizens. While there are no local political candidates right now, residents can stay informed about any upcoming elections or current issues that might be important to them through local newspapers or websites.
The political climate in Zip 81428 (Paonia, CO) is strongly conservative.
Delta County, CO is very conservative. In Delta County, CO 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Delta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81428 (Paonia, CO) is strongly conservative.
Paonia, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Delta County, Colorado is very 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.
Paonia, 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 81428 (Paonia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 767 contributions totaling $50,933 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $10,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)