Politics in 80501 Longmont, CO are centered around local governance. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six city council members who are voted in by the citizens of Longmont. The current mayor is Brian Bagley and the current city council members are Marcia Martin, Bonnie Finley, Aren Rodriguez, Susie Hidalgo-Fahring, Jeff Moore and Polly Christensen. All of these devoted public servants focus on creating a better quality of life for the citizens of Longmont through many initiatives such as affordable housing, economic development, environmental sustainability and public services. Community engagement is also important to the political process in Longmont. City staff often host meetings with residents to discuss issues that matter to them and encourage meaningful dialogue on how to make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 80501 (Longmont, CO) is strongly liberal.
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
Zip 80501 (Longmont, CO) is strongly liberal.
Longmont, Colorado is strongly liberal.
Boulder County, Colorado 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.
Longmont, 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 zip 80501 (Longmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,254 contributions totaling $186,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $36,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)