Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado, located in the beautiful Grand County, is a small town with a population of just over 600 people. It has a rich history and strong local community which has been reflected in its politics over the years. Hot Sulphur Springs prides itself on being an open and friendly town, with many of its residents taking part in local politics. Most recently, there have been initiatives to ensure that everyone has equal representation on the city council and to ensure that decisions made by the council are fair and equitable for all citizens. The current mayor of Hot Sulphur Springs is Sherry Sparks, who has held the position since 2017. Despite their small size, Hot Sulphur Springs' political landscape demonstrates its commitment to progressiveness and fairness for all of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 80451 (Hot Sulphur Springs, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Grand County, CO is leaning conservative. In Grand County, CO 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county remained narrowly Republican, 49.5% to 47.7%.
Grand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80451 (Hot Sulphur Springs, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Hot Sulphur Springs, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Grand 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.
Hot Sulphur Springs, 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 80451 (Hot Sulphur Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)