Golden, CO is a charming town with a population of over 20,000 residents. The area is governed by the city council and mayor of Golden, with both positions being filled through local elections. In the last election, two incumbents were re-elected to the city council while the mayoral race saw an open seat for the first time since 2008. The election was contested by four candidates and saw close results with just 2% between them in the final count. All the candidates ran on platforms of improving public safety, creating housing affordability programs, and supporting local businesses through economic development initiatives. As Golden continues to grow and accommodate its population expansion, it’s clear that local politics will play a major role in determining how these issues are addressed in the coming years.
The political climate in Golden, 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
Golden, 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.
Golden, 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 Golden, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,789 contributions totaling $1,819,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,120 contributions totaling $2,427,079 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)