Haswell, CO is a small rural community located in southeastern Colorado. Despite its size, the town and its inhabitants are deeply involved in local politics. Haswell residents take pride in their democracy and actively participate in the political process. Local elections for mayor, county commissioner, and other important positions are held every two years. The town also works with other organizations to bring new initiatives to fruition and engage its citizens. In addition to voting in elections, residents participate by attending public meetings and volunteering on committees that affect their lives. This strong sense of civic engagement allows the people of Haswell to have a voice when it comes to decisions that shape their future.
The political climate in Haswell, CO is very conservative.
Kiowa County, CO is very conservative. In Kiowa County, CO 10.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kiowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.0% to 10.9%.
Kiowa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haswell, CO is very conservative.
Kiowa 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.
Haswell, 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 Haswell, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)