Montezuma County in Colorado is governed by a three-person Board of County Commissioners. The current commissioners are Keenan Ertel, Dewayne Findley, and Leslie Klusmire. Each commissioner serves a 4 year term and the board meets on the first Tuesday of every month. Montezuma also has an elected Sheriff and Treasurer, as well as numerous other county departments and elected officials that contribute to the political landscape of the county. The local political environment in Montezuma focuses on issues such as conservation of natural resources, economic development, and providing quality services to its citizens. The community is actively involved in electing local representatives that understand their needs and who can make positive changes for their area.
The political climate in Montezuma County, CO is moderately conservative.
In Montezuma County, CO 37.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montezuma county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 37.7%.
Montezuma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montezuma County, CO is moderately 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.
Montezuma, 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 Montezuma County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,351 contributions totaling $138,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 563 contributions totaling $111,068 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)