The politics in Keystone, Colorado are mainly focused on local issues that affect the community. For example, Keystone recently passed a ballot measure to fund improvements to the town's infrastructure and parks. Local political candidates focus on issues such as infrastructure improvements, sustainability initiatives, and economic development for the town. They also prioritize the needs of the local residents by advocating for more services and programs that improve their quality of life. Furthermore, they work hard to ensure that Keystone remains an attractive place to live with its unique mountain setting and abundance of outdoor recreational activities. In addition, these candidates strive to build relationships within the community as well as with local businesses and organizations in order to best represent its citizens at all levels of government.
The political climate in Keystone, CO is moderately liberal.
Summit County, CO is very liberal. In Summit County, CO 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 28.8%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Keystone, CO is moderately liberal.
Summit County, Colorado is very liberal.
Breckenridge Metro Area is very 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.
Keystone, 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 Keystone, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,326 contributions totaling $90,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 458 contributions totaling $67,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)