Washington County is located in the state of Colorado and has a population of over 590,000 people. The county is part of the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area and its political landscape is largely influenced by state and federal politics. As with many counties in Colorado, Washington County has two primary political parties: Democratic and Republican. The main focus of the local political scene is on issues such as economic development, education funding, healthcare access, environmental protection, gun laws, public safety and infrastructure investment. In recent years there have been several competitive races for various offices in the county including the Board of County Commissioners, Sheriff’s office, District Attorney’s office and Clerk & Recorder’s office. All of these races feature candidates from both major parties as well as a number of minor parties or independent candidates. Additionally, there are numerous nonpartisan initiatives that have been passed by local voters such as new taxes dedicated to improving infrastructure or increasing access to educational opportunities. In sum, Washington County has a vibrant political atmosphere that offers residents plenty of opportunity to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Washington County, CO is very conservative.
In Washington County, CO 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.3%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington 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.
Washington, 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 Washington County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $2,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)