San Luis, CO is a small town located in the San Luis Valley in the southern part of Colorado. The politics in San Luis are highly influenced by local organizations and citizens who prioritize local initiatives that affect the everyday lives of its residents. Local organizations have been extremely active in advocating for issues important to the community such as access to quality education and job opportunities, public safety, environmental protection, and more. In addition, local candidates who run for office must be responsive to their constituents’ needs and be open to dialogue with community members. As a result, San Luis citizens are consistently involved in the decision-making process and take pride in being an integral part of their local government.
The political climate in San Luis, CO is leaning liberal.
Costilla County, CO is strongly liberal. In Costilla County, CO 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Costilla county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Costilla county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
San Luis, CO is leaning liberal.
Costilla County, Colorado 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.
San Luis, 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 San Luis, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)