The Glenwood Springs, CO Metro Area is an area located in the western part of Colorado. It is a popular tourist destination due to its close proximity to major ski resorts and stunning natural beauty. The politics of the Glenwood Springs Metro Area can be described as predominantly conservative. The Republican Party holds the majority of seats in the state legislature, and local issues often tend to align with Republican views. In recent elections, the area has tended to vote for mostly Republican candidates at all levels of government. At the city level, the mayor and city council members are elected by voters in the city limits. On a larger scale, local representatives serve in both state and federal legislatures which provide further representation for Glenwood Springs residents on policies that affect them most directly.
The political climate in Glenwood Springs Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Glenwood Springs Metro Area 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Glenwood Springs metro area remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 42.0%.
The Glenwood Springs metro area voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Glenwood Springs, 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 Glenwood Springs Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,950 contributions totaling $6,512,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,362 contributions totaling $3,287,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)