The city of Golden, CO is located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about 15 miles west of Denver, and has a population of approximately 20,500 people. The local politics in Golden are overseen by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Marjorie Sloan and there are seven members on the city council who are elected at large to serve four-year terms. The upcoming municipal election will occur in April 2022 and candidates will be running for Mayor as well as four out of the seven City Council seats. In addition to governing the city itself, Golden also has two representatives in Colorado’s state legislature. They work together with other legislators from around the state to create and enforce laws that are beneficial for Golden residents and all Coloradans alike.
The political climate in Zip 80401 (Golden, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, CO is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, CO 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80401 (Golden, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Golden, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Colorado is moderately 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.
Golden, Colorado: r r 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 80401 (Golden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,600 contributions totaling $761,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,041 contributions totaling $1,078,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,036 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)