Boulder County, CO Voting


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Boulder County, Colorado is an area of vibrant political activity. Located in the heart of the Rocky Mountain Front Range, Boulder is a major population center and home to many universities, NGOs, government agencies and private businesses. With such a diverse population, the county is strongly engaged in local politics. Local governments from both sides of the aisle work together to address complex issues like affordable housing and environmental protection. Every two years, residents are invited to participate in local elections for city council representatives and school board members. These elections can be contentious with voters having strong opinions on issues facing their community. The outcome of these elections are closely studied by political analysts across the state and can have significant impacts on the direction of policy making in Boulder County.

The political climate in 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

Boulder County, CO 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.

Boulder, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Boulder County, CO

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82,546 contributions totaling $12,937,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 5,255 contributions totaling $3,046,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $580 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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