Georgetown, Colorado is a small town located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County. It has a tight-knit community and is a popular tourist destination due to its picturesque views and proximity to Denver. Politically, Georgetown is a swing state, though it leans slightly Democratic. Residents take an active role in local elections and have been known to passionately debate local issues such as education, renewable energy, land use, and transportation. While most of the county’s representatives are Democrats, many of the town’s residents vote Republican on some issues. Georgetown’s citizens are dedicated to making sure their voice is heard when it comes to their local political landscape.
The political climate in Georgetown, CO is leaning liberal.
Clear Creek County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Clear Creek County, CO 55.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clear Creek county remained strongly Democratic, 55.0% to 42.1%.
Clear Creek county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Georgetown, CO is leaning liberal.
Clear Creek County, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Georgetown, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Georgetown, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $13,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)