Kit Carson County is a rural area in the state of Colorado, and it is home to a variety of political views. While there are not any well-known local candidates running for office, citizens have many opportunities to engage in local politics. The county offers citizens the chance to attend public meetings to discuss issues that affect their community and voice their opinion on current events. Residents can also contact local politicians directly via email or phone to express their concerns and ask questions about policies and initiatives. Additionally, Kit Carson County has held several election cycles over the years that gave citizens the opportunity to decide who would lead their community’s government. Through these elections, the residents of Kit Carson County were able to choose candidates who represented their values and ideals.
The political climate in Kit Carson County, CO is very conservative.
In Kit Carson County, CO 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kit Carson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.2% to 17.1%.
Kit Carson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kit Carson County, CO is very 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.
Kit Carson, 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 Kit Carson County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $919 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $12,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)