The website Coloradopols.com posted an article that states that Western Slope doesn't matter in a state wide election. The article essentially said that the Western Slope of Colorado doesn't matter, in a state wide election because the Front Range has so many more people than the Western Slope.
I think the folks at Coloradopols.com didn't give to much thought to their article. There are roughly 600,000 people that live on the Western Slope. That is about equivalent to the populations of Colorado Springs and Greeley combined. Do they matter in a statewide election?
If the Western Slope doesn't matter then why have we been visited by the two Presidential candidates (Obama, McCain), a Vice Presidential candidate (Palin) and then after the election we were visited by the President? I would say that the Presidential election is a bit bigger than a state election and we mattered at that time.
If you think the folks on the Western Slope don't matter, then let me point you to another election that was pretty close, Bush vs. Gore. That election was essentially decided by 537 votes cast in Florida. All the voters in an election matter, that is what democracy is all about. I don't think it matters if you live in Denver, Grand Junction or even Crook, Colorado you are part of this state and your vote matters.
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