The politics in 81090 Walsh, CO are dominated by members of the Republican Party. The local council is composed of three elected officials who work together to set forth legislation and advocate for their constituents. In the most recent election cycle, the two incumbents were re-elected with overwhelming support from the community. The newly elected representative is a young female candidate who ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and environmental protection. She has already begun to make waves in local government by advocating for increased transparency and greater investment in infrastructure projects. Policies such as these have made her popular with many citizens who see her as a refreshing voice of change in an otherwise stagnant state political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 81090 (Walsh, CO) is very conservative.
Baca County, CO is very conservative. In Baca County, CO 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.9% to 14.2%.
Baca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81090 (Walsh, CO) is very conservative.
Walsh, Colorado is very conservative.
Baca 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.
Walsh, 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 81090 (Walsh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)