Saguache County is located in South Central Colorado and is home to a diverse population. The county has many small towns and unincorporated areas that provide services and infrastructure for the local residents. On the political front, Saguache County has traditionally been served by elected officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties. The current board of county commissioners consists of three members, all of whom are Republicans. In addition to the county commissioners, other important positions in Saguache County include sheriff, district attorney, assessor, clerk and recorder, coroner, surveyor, treasurer, and public trustee. Voters in Saguache County have the opportunity to select their preferred candidates during each election cycle to represent them at the local level of government. With an open primary system in place for local elections, citizens will have multiple opportunities to express their voice and make a difference when it comes to deciding who will serve in leadership roles for their community.
The political climate in Saguache County, CO is somewhat liberal.
In Saguache County, CO 55.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saguache county remained strongly Democratic, 55.6% to 41.7%.
Saguache county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Saguache County, CO is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Saguache, 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 Saguache County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,208 contributions totaling $60,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)