Kit Carson, CO is a small town located in Colorado's Eastern Plains. Despite its small size, the community is proud of its strong political involvement. Every election season brings an array of passionate candidates to the forefront of local politics, each with their own unique perspectives and solutions to the town's issues. Residents take pride in attending elections and voting for those who they believe are best suited to represent them in government affairs. With an impressive voter turnout every year, Kit Carson ensures that their voices are heard through a process of democracy and community participation.
The political climate in Kit Carson, CO is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne County, CO is very conservative. In Cheyenne County, CO 11.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheyenne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.4% to 11.5%.
Cheyenne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kit Carson, CO is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne 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.
Kit Carson, 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 Kit Carson, 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 3 contributions totaling $131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)