Eagle, CO County is a thriving community located in the western part of Colorado. Its political landscape is diverse and dynamic. A wide range of interests are represented by its many local elected officials. These include the County Commissioner, Sheriff, District Attorney, Clerk and Recorder, Coroner, and more. Residents of Eagle County have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in each of these positions during election cycles. The county also has an active Town Council which ensures that members of the community can get involved with local government activities. Additionally, there are numerous other opportunities to get involved with politics on the county level through committees and task forces established by the Board of County Commissioners or other elected officials.
The political climate in Eagle County, CO is strongly liberal.
In Eagle County, CO 63.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eagle county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.8% to 33.9%.
Eagle county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eagle County, CO is strongly liberal.
Edwards Metro Area 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.
Eagle, Colorado: r 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 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 Eagle County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,586 contributions totaling $1,510,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $421 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,854 contributions totaling $860,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)