Fowler, CO is a small town located in Otero County on the Eastern Plains of Colorado. It is mostly rural and has a population of around 1,200 people. In terms of politics, Fowler is largely conservative leaning due to its rural nature. The mayor of Fowler is Kenneth Murrell, who was first elected to office in 2018. He has been active in several initiatives such as maintaining public safety and supporting local business growth. The town also has two council members that are responsible for overseeing the budget and making decisions that affect the community as a whole. These two positions are held by Theresa Sainz and Caleb Johnson. Elections for these positions usually take place every two years in odd-numbered years. Overall, politics in Fowler tend to be conservative and focus mainly on maintaining stability within the community.
The political climate in Fowler, CO is somewhat conservative.
Otero County, CO is moderately conservative. In Otero County, CO 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fowler, CO is somewhat conservative.
Otero 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.
Fowler, 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 Fowler, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,938 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)