Adams County, Colorado is a vibrant place with a population of 462, 658 people. It is governed by the Adams County Board of Commissioners, who serve four-year terms and are voted in through elections. Currently, the board consists of Eva J. Henry, Wendy Miller, Charles “Chaz” Tedesco, and Alice Nichol. The Board works to ensure the needs of all residents are met and strive to make the county a better place to live for all citizens. The board also collaborates with other local elected officials such as state representatives and senators to advocate for issues important to Adams County constituents. Local political candidates running for office in Adams County must be registered to vote in order to receive votes from eligible voters during election time. All citizens are encouraged to take part in the electoral process by voting for their preferred candidate or party in elections.
The political climate in Adams County, CO is moderately liberal.
In Adams County, CO 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 40.4%.
Adams county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adams County, CO is moderately liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Adams, 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 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 Adams County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,180 contributions totaling $774,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,563 contributions totaling $415,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)