Rangely, CO is a small town in Northwestern Colorado. Located in Rio Blanco County, 81648 Rangely is a rural community with a population of about 2,000 people. The local politics in 81648 Rangely are largely influenced by the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners, who work together to make decisions that affect the town and its residents. Along with the Board of County Commissioners, there are other elected officials who serve on various boards and committees to ensure the community's best interests are heard and respected. These include members of the Town Council, Planning Commission, and school board. All these positions are filled through popular elections held every two years in which all registered voters can participate to choose their representatives. These elected officials all work together to ensure that 81648 Rangely remains an enjoyable place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 81648 (Rangely, CO) is strongly conservative.
Rio Blanco County, CO is very conservative. In Rio Blanco County, CO 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Blanco county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.2%.
Rio Blanco county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81648 (Rangely, CO) is strongly conservative.
Rangely, Colorado is strongly conservative.
Rio Blanco 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.
Rangely, 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 81648 (Rangely)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $20,689 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)