Del Norte, Colorado is a small community with a population of just under 3,000 people. With such a small population, it is no surprise that this town does not have many local political candidates running for office. However, despite the lack of candidates, the politics in Del Norte are still important and influential to the citizens living there. The residents of Del Norte take great pride in their community and value their right to make their voices heard in local elections. It is through these local elections that the citizens of Del Norte have an opportunity to make changes in their hometown that will benefit them and future generations.
The political climate in Del Norte, CO is leaning conservative.
Rio Grande County, CO is moderately conservative. In Rio Grande County, CO 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rio Grande county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 39.6%.
Rio Grande county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Del Norte, CO is leaning conservative.
Rio Grande County, Colorado is moderately conservative.
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.
Del Norte, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Del Norte, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $3,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)