The loopy leftist moonbat base of Denver brandishes the biggest federal presence outside of DC to try to clamp down on the western USA, for our own good.
Yes, but I'm in Utah, which is probably one of the 3-4 more conservative states in the union, though we also have our loopy leftists - fortunately they don't usually dominate..... [I know it may not be strictly correct to refer to Utah as part of the "Rocky Mtn." west, but we also have plenty of mountains and I like the phrase]