The small town of Kiowa, Colorado is home to a politically active community. From the Kiowa Town Board to the neighboring county and state officials, residents of Kiowa are involved in making decisions that help shape their local government. The Kiowa Town Board is made up of seven elected members who work together to make decisions about everything from budgeting to taxation to zoning regulations. They also provide services such as street maintenance, trash pickup and the enforcement of health and safety codes. Additionally, Kiowa residents are represented on the Elbert County Board of Commissioners, which makes decisions related to the county's budget, road projects and other matters affecting citizens in Elbert County. State representatives from Kiowa participate in local politics at both the state legislature level and with representatives in Washington D.C. Through their involvement in local and state politics, people in Kiowa help contribute to a strong and vibrant community.
The political climate in Kiowa, CO is strongly conservative.
Elbert County, CO is very conservative. In Elbert County, CO 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 23.7%.
Elbert county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kiowa, CO is strongly conservative.
Elbert County, Colorado is very conservative.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kiowa, 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 Kiowa, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $5,232 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $16,478 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)