Silver Cliff, CO is a small town located in the San Isbel Valley of Custer County. While it may not be home to a large population, Silver Cliff has its fair share of political activity. The town’s government is composed of a mayor and four trustees who act as the town’s governing board. Elections for all five positions are held every four years in April, and each race often features local candidates who have graduated from Silver Cliff High School or attended college at nearby Adams State University. Issues that come up for debate often include infrastructure projects such as road repairs and maintenance, zoning regulations, and financial matters such as budgeting for public services. Although relatively small in size compared to other towns, the residents of Silver Cliff take their politics seriously and carefully consider their candidates before heading to the polls.
The political climate in Silver Cliff, CO is strongly conservative.
Custer County, CO is very conservative. In Custer County, CO 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.6%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Cliff, CO is strongly conservative.
Custer 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.
Silver Cliff, 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 Silver Cliff, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 786 contributions totaling $30,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $7,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)