The Fort Collins, CO Metro Area is located in northern Colorado, and is home to a vibrant and diverse political landscape. The city itself has a strong mayor-council form of governance, with the current mayor being Wade Troxell. Fort Collins is home to a large state legislature delegation, which includes representatives from both major parties. Additionally, Fort Collins is part of several county commissions and local boards that have various roles in managing the area's resources and making decisions about public policy. The area also has multiple ballot initiatives each election year, giving citizens the opportunity to directly participate in local decision-making. Over the last several years, citizens have voted on issues related to energy, climate change, tax reform and infrastructure investment. Ultimately, Fort Collins' politics are dynamic and ever-changing as leaders from all walks of life strive to create a better future for those who live here.
The political climate in Fort Collins Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Fort Collins Metro Area 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, the Fort Collins metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 40.8%.
The Fort Collins metro area voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Fort Collins, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Fort Collins Metro Area
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)