Grand County, Colorado is a vibrant and diverse community with many different political views. Elections in Grand County are overseen by the Grand County Clerk and Recorder’s office, who coordinate voting dates, polling places, and ballot access. Both state and federal candidates are featured in local elections, as well as issues such as school board seats and tax initiatives. Local residents have the chance to show their support for their preferred candidate or issue through the ballot box and make their voice heard in politics. In addition to local elections, Grand County is also a part of other larger elections such as state-wide races for governor or United States Senate seats. Residents of Grand County can take pride in knowing that they have a strong political system which ensures that every citizen’s voice is heard.
The political climate in Grand County, CO is leaning conservative.
In Grand County, CO 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grand county remained narrowly Republican, 49.5% to 47.7%.
Grand county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand County, CO is leaning conservative.
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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.
Grand, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Grand County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,590 contributions totaling $99,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $33,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)