Dacono, CO is a vibrant small town with a population of around 5,500 and is located in Weld County. The local political landscape in Dacono is interesting and dynamic, with its citizens having the opportunity to vote for different candidates from both major political parties. The town elects a mayor, council members, and other officials who work together to ensure the quality of life for the people of Dacono remains high. These elected officials take part in determining how best to use the funds available to improve public services such as schools, roads, parks, and more. They also play an important role in ensuring that Dacono has strong economic growth by working with local businesses on initiatives that promote job creation and other economic opportunities. All told, politics in Dacono are quite active and engaging from election season to election season.
The political climate in Dacono, 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
Dacono, 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.
Dacono, 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 Dacono, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,293 contributions totaling $109,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 499 contributions totaling $86,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)