Longmont, CO is located in Boulder County and is a vibrant city that is home to many different businesses, organizations, and communities. The city has a strong commitment to local democracy, with an elected mayor and City Council to ensure that residents are represented. Elections for local political positions are held every two years in November so that citizens can make their voices heard. Longmont also has a variety of initiatives and programs designed to encourage public involvement and participation in the political process. These include voter registration drives, citizen committees and boards formed to advise on city projects, and Town Meetings where citizens can present ideas directly to the City Council. Through these efforts, Longmont strives to create an engaged community that actively participates in the democratic process.
The political climate in Longmont, CO is moderately liberal.
Boulder County, CO is very liberal. In Boulder County, CO 77.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boulder county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Boulder county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Longmont, CO is moderately liberal.
Boulder County, Colorado is very liberal.
Boulder Metro Area is very 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.
Longmont, Colorado: D D 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 Longmont, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,443 contributions totaling $1,707,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,063 contributions totaling $870,084 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)