Conifer, Colorado is a rural mountain town located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County and has a population of around 10,000 people. Due to its small size and location, Conifer does not have any local political candidates. Consequently, residents who wish to take part in local politics must rely on representatives for nearby towns or cities such as Golden or Evergreen. Many of these representatives regularly visit Conifer to discuss issues relevant to the town and its inhabitants. They also help organize events such as community clean ups or fundraisers that benefit organizations within the town. This has allowed many locals to remain involved with local politics without having to actually run for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 80433 (Conifer, 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 80433 (Conifer, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Conifer, 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.
Conifer, 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 80433 (Conifer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 744 contributions totaling $89,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 299 contributions totaling $70,458 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)