Ault, Colorado is a small town located in Weld County with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The town is governed by an elected board of trustees who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the local community. The Board of Trustees consists of five members, each representing one of Ault's four wards and the Ault Area at-large. Local political candidates usually campaign door-to-door throughout the town in order to gain votes from their constituents. Residents have the opportunity to attend candidate forums to learn more about local issues and hear from each candidate running for office. These forums provide an important opportunity for voters to make informed decisions when choosing their representatives in government. Overall, politics in Ault, CO are relatively low key but still serve as an important part of civic life within the community.
The political climate in Ault, CO is somewhat 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
Ault, CO is somewhat 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.
Ault, 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 Ault, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $4,995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $37,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)