The town of Telluride, CO has a long history of political engagement. Located in San Miguel County, 81435 is home to a vibrant and passionate community of citizens who care deeply about protecting the historic character of their town and advocating for progressive policies. The local Democrats are particularly active, hosting regular meetings and fundraisers to support their candidates for local offices as well as those running for higher office. Candidates tend to focus on issues such as preserving Telluride's unique mountain environment, developing new housing options for the growing population, and economic diversification. The San Miguel County Democratic Central Committee meets monthly to discuss the current issues facing Telluride and how best to address them from a progressive perspective. Overall, politics in 81435 Telluride is an important part of daily life that helps shape the future of this special corner of Colorado.
The political climate in Zip 81435 (Telluride, CO) is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, CO is very liberal. In San Miguel County, CO 76.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.2% to 22.1%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81435 (Telluride, CO) is strongly liberal.
Telluride, Colorado is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, Colorado is very liberal.
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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.
Telluride, Colorado: D D D D D 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 81435 (Telluride)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,444 contributions totaling $451,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $47,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)