Holyoke, CO is a small town located in Northeastern Colorado. It is the county seat of Phillips County and has a population of around 3,500 people. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees who are elected to four-year terms. They review and consider all local ordinances and issues that arise within the town limits. The Mayor of Holyoke is Bert Brown and the trustees are Dave Neinast, Tracy Gibson, Doreen Thornton, and Patti Stengel. These local officials are responsible for ensuring that the town runs as efficiently as possible by making decisions on things like budgeting, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and development projects. In addition to these elected officials there are also several committees that serve to advise them on matters related to different topics such as education, economic development, health and safety.
The political climate in Holyoke, CO is moderately conservative.
Phillips County, CO is very conservative. In Phillips County, CO 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 19.6%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holyoke, CO is moderately conservative.
Phillips County, Colorado is very 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.
Holyoke, 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 Holyoke, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $1,558 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $4,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)