Douglas County, Colorado is an important part of the state's political landscape. The county is home to a variety of elected officials that serve in local, state, and federal level positions. In Douglas County, there are several representatives who sit in the State Senate and House of Representatives as well as one representative who serves in the United States Congress. These officials advocate for their constituents on matters such as education, health care, transportation, and economic development. They also work to ensure that all citizens in the county have access to quality public services and support their local communities. Additionally, the county also has its own school board that is responsible for overseeing educational policies and procedures within Douglas County. This board consists of seven members elected on a nonpartisan basis to four-year terms. Every two years elections are held for the three district seats as well as for an at-large seat. As such, Douglas County residents can make sure their voices are heard by participating in this important process of selecting elected leaders who serve their interests best.
The political climate in Douglas County, CO is leaning conservative.
In Douglas County, CO 45.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.2%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas County, CO is leaning conservative.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood 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.
Douglas, 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 Douglas County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19,628 contributions totaling $2,302,154 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,684 contributions totaling $2,558,412 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)