Pitkin County is located in the heart of Colorado and is home to a diverse population. The county is governed by three commissioners, each elected from districts within the county. Currently, voters are deciding between two candidates for Commissioner of District 3: Kelly McAvoy and Bill Jamison. McAvoy has served as commissioner since 2015 and is running on a record of enacting progressive policies such as increasing funding for affordable housing and protecting public lands. Jamison, who formerly served on numerous state boards related to renewable energy, is running on a platform of expanding access to clean energy sources. His policies focus on creating green jobs and making Pitkin County more sustainable. With the upcoming election, it will be interesting to see which candidate’s vision will prevail in this important race.
The political climate in Pitkin County, CO is very liberal.
In Pitkin County, CO 75.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 23.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pitkin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 75.2% to 23.2%.
Pitkin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pitkin County, CO is very liberal.
Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pitkin, Colorado: D D D D D D
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 Pitkin County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,779 contributions totaling $5,185,246 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $765 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,465 contributions totaling $2,836,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,937 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)