The small town of 81240 Penrose, CO is a rural community with a population of just over 2,500 people. While the town is small, the politics are big and important to the citizens of Penrose. Locally elected officials make decisions that affect the daily lives of all residents in the area. The local government works to ensure that services and infrastructure such as roads, schools, utilities, and public safety are maintained and improved upon when needed. For example, recent efforts have led to improved roadways around Penrose and new businesses setting up shop in the area. Residents can get involved by attending city council meetings or voting for their preferred political candidates during elections. Regardless of who's elected into office or what policies they decide upon, it's clear that politics play an important role in 81240 Penrose, CO.
The political climate in Zip 81240 (Penrose, CO) is very conservative.
Fremont County, CO is very conservative. In Fremont County, CO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fremont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.5% to 28.8%.
Fremont county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81240 (Penrose, CO) is very conservative.
Penrose, Colorado is very conservative.
Fremont County, Colorado is very conservative.
Canon City 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.
Penrose, 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 81240 (Penrose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $6,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $8,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)