The town of Fairmount in zip code 80403 is a small and tight-knit community. Locally, its politics are largely focused on the issues that directly impact the citizens, such as public safety, education, taxes, infrastructure and economic development. The majority of the political decisions are made by the elected town board members who serve four year terms. The town board meets regularly to consider local ordinances and initiatives that will benefit the community. Elections for these positions take place every four years and have been known to be fiercely contested races. Issues debated during election season often include how best to use funding for necessary projects in the area while balancing priorities for things such as schools or parks. Ultimately, it is up to the citizens of Fairmount to decide who they want representing their interest in local government.
The political climate in Zip 80403 (Fairmount, 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 80403 (Fairmount, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Fairmount, 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.
Fairmount, 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 80403 (Fairmount)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,011 contributions totaling $172,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 634 contributions totaling $197,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)