Firestone, Colorado is a vibrant and growing community that is home to over 14,000 people. Located in Weld County, the city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with citizens electing six council members and a mayor who serve four year terms. The city council works together to create ordinances that support the general welfare of Firestone residents. In addition to the city government, there are numerous state representatives and lawmakers that represent Firestone at both the state and federal level. These politicians work hard to ensure that the voice of Firestone is heard in Denver and Washington D.C., addressing issues such as healthcare, education, infrastructure, economic development, and immigration. Residents have many opportunities to get involved with local politics through attending city council meetings or voting for various candidates running for office in Firestone.
The political climate in 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
Firestone, CO 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 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 Firestone, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,983 contributions totaling $841,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,374 contributions totaling $641,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)