Ridgway, Colorado is a small town located in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. It is an incredibly beautiful spot surrounded by national parks, forests, and wildlife. The local politics are run by the Town Council of Ridgway, which is composed of five elected members who serve four-year terms. The Town Council works to ensure that the town runs smoothly and that decisions made are beneficial to all citizens. Issues on their agenda include infrastructure upgrades such as water and sewer systems, street improvements, economic development projects, and public safety initiatives. The Town Council also plays an important role in environmental protection in the area as well as recreation and tourism activities. They routinely hold public meetings open to all residents so they can have their say on issues that effect them directly or indirectly. Decisions are made through a democratic process and everyone has a voice in Ridgway politics.
The political climate in Ridgway, CO is leaning liberal.
Ouray County, CO is moderately liberal. In Ouray County, CO 58.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouray county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.8% to 39.2%.
Ouray county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ridgway, CO is leaning liberal.
Ouray County, Colorado is moderately liberal.
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.
Ridgway, Colorado: R r d d D D
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 Ridgway, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 464 contributions totaling $87,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $17,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)