Pueblo County, Colorado is a vibrant and diverse community. The county seat is the city of Pueblo, which is home to over 110,000 people. Politically, the county leans heavily towards Democrats, with most of its representatives in the state legislature being members of the Democratic party. The majority of local government offices are held by Democrats as well, including the Mayor and City Council members. The local Board of County Commissioners consists entirely of Democrats, all elected at-large in November 2020. In addition to local politics, Pueblo County also has a strong presence in state politics as well. It currently has two State Representatives and one Senator representing it in Denver's state capitol. Together they work to represent the interests of Pueblo County citizens on issues such as education reform, economic development projects, infrastructure improvements and more. All in all, political power in Pueblo County is firmly entrenched in Democratic hands.
The political climate in Pueblo County, CO is leaning liberal.
In Pueblo County, CO 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pueblo county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 47.8%.
Pueblo county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pueblo County, CO is leaning liberal.
Pueblo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pueblo, Colorado: D d D D r 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 Pueblo County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,675 contributions totaling $305,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,733 contributions totaling $364,832 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)