The politics in Longmont, CO 80504 are heavily influenced by the citizens within the area. This is because the city is divided into five wards with each ward represented by two elected officials on the City Council. The mayor of Longmont is also elected and serves as the leader of the council. Each election cycle, local candidates put forward their platforms and compete for positions to represent their constituents in city government. Residents can become involved in local politics by participating in city meetings, voting in elections, attending candidate forums, or volunteering for political campaigns. Local organizations such as Longmont Citizens for Justice and Indivisible Longmont promote civic engagement and provide resources to those looking to make a difference within their community. With participation from its citizens, Longmont is able to remain an engaged and active community with representation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 80504 (Longmont, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Weld County, CO is moderately conservative. In Weld County, CO 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, Weld county remained very strongly Republican, 57.6% to 39.6%.
Weld county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80504 (Longmont, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Longmont, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Weld County, Colorado is moderately conservative.
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.
Longmont, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 80504 (Longmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,594 contributions totaling $276,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,022 contributions totaling $201,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)