Lincoln County, Colorado is a beautiful rural area that offers its residents plenty of opportunities to engage in their local government. Despite being a smaller county, there is still an active and involved political landscape. Local elections are held every two years for county commissioners and other important positions. The Commissioners are responsible for making decisions on budgeting, taxation, land regulations, and other policy matters in order to ensure the best interests of the citizens in the county are served. Additionally, there are many other organizations and groups that advocate for different causes or issues within the region. These organizations provide an opportunity for citizens to further participate in politics at the local level by getting involved with campaigns and causes they care about. Overall, Lincoln County has a strong political culture that encourages active participation from its citizens to create positive change in their community.
The political climate in Lincoln County, CO is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, CO 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.7%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, CO is very 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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $9,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)