The politics in 80520 Firestone, Colorado are dominated by both state and national issues. In recent years, the local community has taken an increasingly active role in deciding their political future. The city is represented in the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives by Democratic Senators Joe Neguse and Faith Winter, as well as Republican Representative Rod Bockenfeld. At the national level, Congressman Joe Neguse is a member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorado's Second Congressional District. All three representatives have worked to ensure that Firestone's citizens have access to quality education, health care, and other necessary services. Additionally, they strive to make sure that Firestone benefits from government policies that support economic development throughout northern Colorado. Firestone also works hard to ensure that its residents can vote easily in elections and participate actively in their government.
The political climate in Zip 80520 (Firestone, CO) is moderately conservative.
Weld County, CO is moderately conservative. In Weld County, CO 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Weld county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 39.6%.
Weld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80520 (Firestone, CO) is moderately conservative.
Firestone, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Weld County, Colorado is moderately conservative.
Greeley Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Firestone, Colorado: R R r R R R
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 80520 (Firestone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,011 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)