Snowmass Village, Colorado is a small town of fewer than 2000 residents located in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Politically, the town is an independent home rule municipality with its own Mayor and Town Council. The current Mayor is Bill Boineau, who was elected to his third term in 2018. The Town Council consists of three members who are elected at-large for four year terms. Snowmass Village operates a nonpartisan local government and does not have any political parties or candidates associated with it. The Town Council works together to pass legislation that will benefit the town's residents and promote economic development within the community. In addition, local politics are further shaped by the Pitkin County Commissioners and their decisions regarding zoning regulations, transportation infrastructure, and other countywide issues that affect Snowmass Village as well.
The political climate in Snowmass Village, CO is moderately liberal.
Pitkin County, CO is very liberal. In Pitkin County, CO 75.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitkin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.2% to 23.2%.
Pitkin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Snowmass Village, CO is moderately liberal.
Pitkin County, Colorado is very liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Snowmass Village, 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 Snowmass Village, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,274 contributions totaling $3,784,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $718 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,096 contributions totaling $2,581,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)