Fort Collins, Colorado is an attractive city known for its vibrant culture, flourishing economy, and outdoor recreation. Though it is mostly a residential community, Fort Collins also has a rich history of political involvement. The city is served by elected officials at both the state and federal levels who work to make sure that the needs of its citizens are met. At the local level, City Council members serve as representatives for Fort Collins’ residents and focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvement, affordable housing initiatives, and sustainability efforts. The current Mayor of Fort Collins is Wade Troxell who was recently re-elected in 2019 to serve his third term in office. Members of the city council are elected every two years with five members chosen from designated districts and two members chosen at-large. Political engagement in Fort Collins is important as it provides the opportunity to shape policy decisions that will ultimately affect the daily lives of residents and businesses.
The political climate in Fort Collins, CO is somewhat liberal.
Larimer County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Larimer County, CO 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Larimer county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 40.8%.
Larimer county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Collins, CO is somewhat liberal.
Larimer County, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Fort Collins Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Fort Collins, 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 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 Fort Collins, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65,990 contributions totaling $18,286,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,553 contributions totaling $1,201,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)