Greeley, Colorado is a city located in Weld County where politics have played an important role in the development of the community. It is part of the Republican-leaning county, where local laws are typically conservative. The current mayor of Greeley is John Gates who was elected in 2019 after having served two previous terms as mayor. Mayor Gates has focused on improving public infrastructure and addressing issues related to affordable housing and job growth. Local state representatives for Greeley include Senator John Cooke and Representatives Dave Young and Perry Buck. Each representative works hard to represent their constituents’ interests in the Colorado legislature and fight for legislation that will better the lives of those living in Greeley.
The political climate in Greeley, CO is leaning 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
Greeley, CO is leaning 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.
Greeley, 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 Greeley, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,243 contributions totaling $341,222 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,714 contributions totaling $1,610,661 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)