Gunbarrel, CO is a small town located in Boulder County and is known for its rural beauty and agricultural lands. Despite its small size, the politics of Gunbarrel have a great impact on the local community. Gunbarrel has an elected Mayor and seven Town Trustees who are responsible for deciding the town's policy and budget. The Trustees also appoint members to various committees and boards such as the Board of Adjustment, Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Advisory Board, Economic Development Advisory Committee and the Design Review Board. Local political candidates run for office during municipal elections every two years. They must campaign hard to earn the support of Gunbarrel's residents in order to make their voices heard at city council meetings.
The political climate in Gunbarrel, CO is moderately liberal.
Boulder County, CO is very liberal. In Boulder County, CO 77.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boulder county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Boulder county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gunbarrel, CO is moderately liberal.
Boulder County, Colorado is very liberal.
Boulder Metro Area is very 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.
Gunbarrel, Colorado: D D 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 Gunbarrel, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,680 contributions totaling $1,491,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,259 contributions totaling $457,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)