The politics in Black Forest, CO are quite interesting and diverse. With four major political candidates running for local offices, it is easy to see that the community of Black Forest has a variety of political views and opinions. All four candidates are passionate about their beliefs and have different ideas on how the town should be run. From issues such as taxes to school policy and infrastructure, each candidate has something special to offer the people of Black Forest. As the election gets closer, it will be interesting to see which candidate ends up winning the vote and how they will affect the town of Black Forest going forward.
The political climate in Black Forest, CO is somewhat conservative.
El Paso County, CO is somewhat conservative. In El Paso County, CO 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, El Paso county remained strongly Republican, 53.5% to 42.7%.
El Paso county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Black Forest, CO is somewhat conservative.
El Paso County, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Colorado Springs Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Black Forest, Colorado: R R R R R R
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 Black Forest, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,439 contributions totaling $118,952 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,348 contributions totaling $357,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)