Jefferson County, CO is home to a diverse political landscape. The county is represented by both Democrats and Republicans at the state and national levels, and there are local branches of both major parties. Local elected officials serve in roles such as County Commissioner, Sheriff, Treasurer, District Attorney, Clerk and Recorder, Assessor, Coroner, and Surveyor. Along with these roles there are also municipal offices to be filled within the county's cities and towns. In addition to these positions of public service, Jefferson County citizens often participate in ballot initiative campaigns during election season. This allows for a variety of voices from different parts of the county to influence the outcome of local policies. No matter what political party or position Jefferson County residents may support or oppose, it is clear that their actions have a direct impact on their community's future.
The political climate in Jefferson County, CO is moderately liberal.
In Jefferson County, CO 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson 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.
Jefferson, 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 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 Jefferson County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50,537 contributions totaling $5,383,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,780 contributions totaling $3,976,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)