The small town of Berthoud, Colorado is located in 80513 and is home to a unique political environment. The town's population of 6,319 people (2019 estimates) is represented by the Larimer County Board of Commissioners, who work together with the Town of Berthoud Board Trustees to ensure the community's needs are met. Both groups have a vested interest in making sure that residents of Berthoud receive efficient and accessible services from their municipal government. Local elections typically feature candidates from both major political parties, as well as independent candidates who are passionate about representing their community. Although local politics can sometimes be contentious, the spirit of cooperation between the two governing bodies usually prevails and allows for positive change within the town.
The political climate in Zip 80513 (Berthoud, CO) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 80513 (Berthoud, CO) is leaning liberal.
Berthoud, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Larimer County, Colorado 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.
Berthoud, 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 zip 80513 (Berthoud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $52,417 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $29,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)