The Durango, CO Metro Area is home to a diverse political landscape. Locally elected representatives are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire region, from how funds are allocated to infrastructure projects to how public services are managed. As an electorate, it is important to stay informed on current politics in Durango and research the candidates running for office in order to make an educated decision when voting. The local Democratic and Republican parties both have strong presences in Durango and each candidate brings different ideas and solutions to the table. Ultimately, it is up to the voters of Durango to decide which path they want their region to take.
The political climate in Durango Metro Area is moderately liberal.
In Durango Metro Area 57.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Durango metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.6% to 39.9%.
The Durango metro area voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Durango Metro Area is moderately 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.
Durango, Colorado: R 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Durango Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,230 contributions totaling $719,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,002 contributions totaling $204,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)