Park, CO County is home to a thriving political scene. The county is governed by a board of county commissioners and many local districts have their own governments as well. In addition to the local politicians, the county also sends representatives to the state legislature to represent its interests. The citizens of Park County are very engaged in their politics and take part in voting, attending town hall meetings, and participating in other activities related to their government. There are a variety of political parties within the county with candidates running for both local and state offices. The people of Park County take pride in their beliefs and make sure they have an active voice in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Park County, CO is moderately conservative.
In Park County, CO 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Park county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 39.9%.
Park county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park County, CO is moderately 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.
Park, 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 Park County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,346 contributions totaling $68,382 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $22,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)