Moffat County, located in northwest Colorado, is governed by a Board of County Commissioners that provides policy direction and oversees the county budget. The Commissioners serve four-year terms and are elected by the citizens of Moffat County. The current commissioners are Don Cook, Tom Mathers, Frank Moe and Jay Oxley. Citizens of Moffat County are also represented by members of the Colorado House of Representatives and Senate who are responsible for representing local interests at the state level. As well as this, Moffat County voters participate in national elections to choose their representatives in Congress. Furthermore, there is an active interest among citizens in local politics; several candidates have been put forward for various positions within the county over the past few years.
The political climate in Moffat County, CO is very conservative.
In Moffat County, CO 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moffat county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.1%.
Moffat county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moffat County, CO is very conservative.
Craig Metro Area 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.
Moffat, 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 Moffat County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $7,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $29,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)