The small town of Telluride, CO is a picturesque mountain resort tucked away in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant political landscape with many local issues that its citizens care about deeply. With an active mayor and council, residents are able to participate in local decision making on topics such as sustainability, tourism, affordable housing, economic growth and health care. Local candidates from both major parties run for office regularly, and most elections are hotly contested. Telluride's citizens are passionate about their politics and actively engage in supporting their chosen candidate or cause. Residents also take advantage of the beauty of the natural environment by staging rallies and fundraising events outdoors whenever possible. Whether it’s through activism or volunteering efforts at polling sites during election season, Telluride residents remain highly engaged in their local politics.
The political climate in Telluride, CO is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, CO is very liberal. In San Miguel County, CO 76.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 22.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, San Miguel county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 76.2% to 22.1%.
San Miguel county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Telluride, CO is strongly liberal.
San Miguel County, Colorado is very 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.
Telluride, Colorado: D D 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 Telluride, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,444 contributions totaling $451,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $47,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)