Huerfano County, located in south-central Colorado, is home to a diverse and vibrant community. The county has a long history of political involvement, with both state and local candidates running for office at various levels of government. In recent years, the county has seen an influx of new residents, which has provided a renewed vigor to its political landscape. Local elections are hotly contested and often draw attention from around the state. Huerfano County is also home to many political organizations from all sides of the spectrum, which helps ensure that all voices are heard in the democratic process. With an important role in the state's political system and an active populace eager to make their voices heard, Huerfano County continues to be a powerful player in Colorado politics.
The political climate in Huerfano County, CO is leaning conservative.
In Huerfano County, CO 47.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huerfano county remained Republican, 50.0% to 47.1%.
Huerfano county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huerfano 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.
Huerfano, Colorado: d r D d 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 Huerfano County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 578 contributions totaling $25,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $28,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)