Pueblo, CO is the county seat of Pueblo County and is home to a diverse population of approximately 111,000 people. Located in South Central Colorado, Pueblo politics reflects the strong sense of community that exists here. The city is divided into five wards and each ward has two representatives on the City Council, plus an at-large representative who serves as mayor. The current mayor is Nicholas Gradisar. All members of the City Council are elected at large from across the city and their job is to represent all citizens regardless of race or political party affiliation. Additionally, Pueblo has a number of local state representatives and senators who actively participate in state and regional politics to ensure that Pueblo's voice is heard. The residents of Pueblo take pride in their representation and strive to ensure that their needs are met with regard to essential services such as infrastructure repairs and public safety initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 81008 (Pueblo, CO) is leaning liberal.
Pueblo County, CO is leaning liberal. In Pueblo County, CO 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pueblo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 47.8%.
Pueblo county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81008 (Pueblo, CO) is leaning liberal.
Pueblo, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Pueblo County, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Pueblo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Pueblo, Colorado: D d D D r 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 81008 (Pueblo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 335 contributions totaling $26,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $18,830 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)