Summit County, Colorado is a beautiful area of the Rocky Mountains. It is home to several ski resorts and other outdoor attractions. The county also has an active political landscape with a variety of perspectives represented. The Board of County Commissioners is comprised of three members elected from the local districts, and each represents their constituents' collective interests in local government decisions. Summit County residents have the opportunity to choose among local candidates and vote for the policies that are important to them when it comes to taxation, transportation infrastructure, education funding, and other issues that affect daily life in the community. Elections are held on a two-year cycle, giving everyone an equal chance to engage in local politics and create positive changes within their community.
The political climate in Summit County, CO is very liberal.
In Summit County, CO 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 28.8%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summit County, CO is very liberal.
Breckenridge Metro Area is very 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.
Summit, Colorado: d 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 Summit County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,776 contributions totaling $369,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 715 contributions totaling $165,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)