Politics in Thornton, CO are vibrant and ever-changing. While the City of Thornton does not have its own political candidates running for office, the city is part of both the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Senate. Residents of Thornton can vote in local, state, and national elections to make sure their voices are heard on a wide variety of issues. Those elected officials that represent Thornton include representatives from both major parties, ensuring that all views are taken into account when making decisions that affect the local community. The City Council also plays an important role in determining the direction of Thornton’s politics by setting policies and regulations that will impact everyone who lives or works in the city. It is clear that local politics are an integral part of life in Thornton and residents take their civic duty to heart, participating actively in their democracy through voting and getting involved with local causes whenever possible.
The political climate in Thornton, CO is leaning liberal.
Adams County, CO is moderately liberal. In Adams County, CO 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 40.4%.
Adams county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thornton, CO is leaning liberal.
Adams 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.
Thornton, 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 Thornton, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,657 contributions totaling $684,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,386 contributions totaling $406,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)