The politics of Greeley, CO Metro Area are varied and complex. The area is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by the Democratic-controlled Colorado 4th Congressional District, which includes Greeley and much of Weld County. At the state level, Greeley is served by Colorado State Senators John Cooke (R) and Jerry Sonnenberg (R), as well as Colorado State Representatives Lori Saine (R) and Perry Buck (R). Local political candidates are often active within the community, reaching out to local issues and attending public events in order to gain support from the electorate. In addition to local political involvement, many organizations are also present in Greeley that advocate for a variety of causes important to those living in the metro area.
The political climate in Greeley Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Greeley Metro Area 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Greeley metro area remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 39.6%.
The Greeley metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greeley Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Greeley, Colorado: R R r R R R
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 Greeley Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,406 contributions totaling $542,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,778 contributions totaling $1,146,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)