Cedaredge, Colorado is a small town located in the western part of the state. This charming community has a population of 1,719 people according to the 2019 estimates. Despite its small size, Cedaredge boasts a strong political infrastructure and an active civic life. Local politics are important to the citizens of Cedaredge, and municipal elections are often closely contested between multiple candidates vying for local office. The town’s government operates a council-manager system with five council members serving four-year terms. The mayor is elected from among the five council members by a majority vote every two years and serves as the executive head of local government. Other elected positions include a town clerk and treasurer, as well as two trustees for each of the three districts in which Cedaredge is divided. As such, citizens have many opportunities to get involved in their local political process by voting for candidates that represent their interests in government at both the town level and beyond.
The political climate in Cedaredge, CO is strongly conservative.
Delta County, CO is very conservative. In Delta County, CO 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Delta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedaredge, CO is strongly conservative.
Delta County, Colorado is very 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.
Cedaredge, 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 Cedaredge, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $11,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $25,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)