Alamosa County, located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, is a relatively rural area that is home to some of the state's most prominent farming and agricultural operations. Politically speaking, Alamosa has traditionally leaned conservative with a majority of its voters registering as Republican or Unaffiliated. The current Alamosa County Commissioners are Arnold Gallegos, Marlene Best, and Amanda Montoya. Gallegos and Best are both Republicans while Montoya is an Independent. The county also has two State Representatives currently serving in office; Donald Valdez (Democrat) and Clarice Navarro-Ratzlaff (Republican). In recent years, Alamosa County has seen an increase in voter turnout during election time with more proactive participation from local citizens. As expected with any democracy, there have been heated debates over certain local issues such as water rights and land use regulations. Despite their differences, all county representatives strive to work together for the benefit of their constituents and continue to make Alamosa County a great place to live.
The political climate in Alamosa County, CO is leaning conservative.
In Alamosa County, CO 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alamosa county flipped narrowly Republican, 48.8% to 48.1%.
Alamosa county flipped Republican in the most recent Presidential election, after 2008, 2012 and 2016 went Democractic.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alamosa County, CO is leaning 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.
Alamosa, Colorado: r r D D d 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 Alamosa County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 597 contributions totaling $37,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $9,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)