Rye, Colorado is a small rural town located in the eastern plains of Colorado. Politically, the town has traditionally leaned conservative, and has elected a variety of Republican candidates to local offices. In the most recent municipal elections, the town opted to elect a mayor and a city council made up of representatives from each district. The focus of these elected officials is on preserving the town’s rural charm while still providing all of its residents with necessary services such as infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives. Rye also has an active community engaged in debates about political issues affecting their home state and nation, ranging from taxes and education to health care and social justice issues. Residents rally together in support of their chosen causes, helping to create an atmosphere that encourages healthy dialogue on all sides.
The political climate in Zip 81069 (Rye, CO) is leaning conservative.
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 81069 (Rye, CO) is leaning conservative.
Rye, Colorado is leaning conservative.
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.
Rye, 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 81069 (Rye)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $1,662 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $13,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)