The politics of Sterling, CO Metro Area are vibrant and dynamic. The area is represented by a wide variety of local politicians in the state legislature and US Congress. From both major parties, there are representatives that serve the population of the metropolitan area. There are a few local elected officials who represent individual cities, towns, and counties in the area. These officials work to support the political goals of their constituents. In addition to these officials, there are various grassroots organizations that work to engage citizens in political discourse and ballot initiatives throughout the metro area. This ensures that citizens can interact directly with their representatives and have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Sterling Metro Area is very conservative.
In Sterling Metro Area 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Sterling metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.8% to 21.1%.
The Sterling metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sterling Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Sterling, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sterling Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $3,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 216 contributions totaling $85,513 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)