Aspen, CO is a vibrant city with a rich political culture. The local government has made great strides in recent years to promote citizen participation and create an open and inclusive political landscape. From its innovative city council meetings to its variety of civic engagement opportunities, Aspen aims to create a space for all citizens to be heard and have their opinions respected. Local residents are passionate about issues such as environmental sustainability, affordable housing, economic development, and public safety, among others. Each year they come together to elect representatives who can voice their varying perspectives on these issues and advocate for the city's best interests. With its unique mix of progressive values and traditional American ideals, Aspen remains one of the most interesting cities when it comes to politics in Colorado.
The political climate in Aspen, CO is moderately liberal.
Pitkin County, CO is very liberal. In Pitkin County, CO 75.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitkin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.2% to 23.2%.
Pitkin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aspen, CO is moderately liberal.
Pitkin County, Colorado is very liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Aspen, 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 Aspen, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,852 contributions totaling $6,938,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $784 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,808 contributions totaling $4,851,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,683 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)