Montrose, CO is a small town located in southwestern Colorado. It is part of the Montrose County and has a population of around 19,000 people. The political landscape in Montrose consists of representatives from the Democratic and Republican parties. At both the local and state levels, there are politicians working hard to represent their constituents’ interests. Local political candidates run for positions such as mayor, city council members, county commissioners, state representatives, and senators. Candidates also campaign on issues such as economic development, education funding, healthcare reform, public safety initiatives, environmental protection laws, and infrastructure improvements. In 2020, citizens will have the opportunity to participate in elections for all these positions that will determine the direction this community takes in the future.
The political climate in Montrose, CO is moderately conservative.
Montrose County, CO is very conservative. In Montrose County, CO 30.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montrose county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.8%.
Montrose county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montrose, CO is moderately conservative.
Montrose County, Colorado is very conservative.
Montrose Metro Area 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.
Montrose, 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 Montrose, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 974 contributions totaling $50,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 795 contributions totaling $116,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)