Politics in 81146 Mosca, CO are administered by the Costilla County Board of Commissioners. The county is comprised of three commissioners who are elected in partisan elections. They develop policies and regulations for the entire county, including areas in 81146 Mosca. These policies cover a range of issues such as land use planning, public safety, and economic development. In addition to the county-wide government, individual municipalities are allowed to create their own laws and regulations relevant to their specific region. This means that residents of 81146 Mosca often have to consider both county-wide policies as well as those put forth by their local governing body when it comes to matters concerning politics. Overall, the political atmosphere in 81146 Mosca is one that encourages open dialogue and participation from its citizens so that all voices can be heard and accounted for in any decision-making process.
The political climate in Zip 81146 (Mosca, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Alamosa County, CO is leaning conservative. In Alamosa County, CO 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamosa county flipped narrowly Republican, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Alamosa county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 81146 (Mosca, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Mosca, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Alamosa County, Colorado is leaning 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.
Mosca, Colorado: r r D D d 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 81146 (Mosca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $75 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)