Mountain View, Colorado is a small rural town nestled in the Rocky Mountains. The local government consists of a mayor and four trustees who are elected to serve on the Town Council. The mayor is responsible for setting the agenda, developing policies, and managing the day-to-day business of the town. The trustees are responsible for helping create and oversee policy initiatives, provide financial oversight, and represent their constituents’ voices in all matters related to town politics. Beyond the Town Council, interested citizens have opportunities to get involved through various committees such as the Parks & Recreation board or the Planning & Zoning committee. All of these boards work together to ensure Mountain View remains a vibrant community where residents can enjoy an amazing quality of life.
The political climate in Mountain View, 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
Mountain View, CO 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.
Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,385 contributions totaling $1,310,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $24,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)