The city of Westminster, CO (80030) is a growing and vibrant community located just northwest of Denver. Although it is part of the larger metropolitan area of Denver, it still has its own distinctively strong local politics. Westminster has a mayor-council government, with an elected mayor who presides over a nine-member city council. The council members are elected by district rather than at large. This allows for each area of the city to have its own representation in local governance. The mayor and council are responsible for setting policy and overseeing the operations within the city. Major issues addressed by Westminster’s city government include zoning regulations, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. Residents also have a say in these matters through regular public meetings that are held throughout the year, giving them an opportunity to voice their opinions on policies being considered for adoption or implementation. Westminster’s strong democratic principles allow its citizens to participate in effective local politics that serve their interests and those of the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 80030 (Westminster, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Adams County, CO is moderately liberal. In Adams County, CO 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 40.4%.
Adams county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80030 (Westminster, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Westminster, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Adams County, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Westminster, 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 80030 (Westminster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 313 contributions totaling $12,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)