Larimer County, Colorado is located in the north central region of the state and is home to a diverse population. Politically, Larimer County is considered to be a swing county, with Democrats and Republicans often trading control of local offices. For the 2020 election cycle, there is an impressive list of candidates running for various offices throughout the county. On the Democratic side, Governor Jared Polis is running for re-election alongside Senator John Hickenlooper. Additionally, legislature seats are up for grabs with Candi CdeBaca vying for U.S Congressional District 1 seat and Joann Ginal being nominated to run for State Senate District 14 seat. On the Republican side, Lauren Boebert is running for U.S Congressional District 3 seat while Dave Williams and Vicki Marble are both running for State Senate District 15 seat. Voters in Larimer County have a wide range of political choices this election cycle that will influence politics in their community.
The political climate in Larimer County, CO is somewhat liberal.
In Larimer County, CO 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Larimer county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 40.8%.
Larimer county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Larimer County, CO is somewhat liberal.
Fort Collins Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Larimer, 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 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 Larimer County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43,786 contributions totaling $9,946,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,175 contributions totaling $1,292,008 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)