Breckenridge, Colorado (zip code 80424) is a bustling mountain town nestled in the Rocky Mountains. As a small town, many of its politics are local and focused on the community. Breckenridge has an elected Mayor and six members of Town Council that serve four-year terms. The council is responsible for making decisions affecting the everyday lives of Breckenridge's citizens, including setting taxes, approving ordinances and budgets, maintaining infrastructure, and providing services like police and fire protection. Additionally, the Town Council members also take into account resident feedback when considering any issues or changes to be made within the community. With local elections every two years, Breckenridge residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard at the ballot box.
The political climate in Zip 80424 (Breckenridge, CO) is strongly liberal.
Summit County, CO is very liberal. In Summit County, CO 68.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.4% to 28.8%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80424 (Breckenridge, CO) is strongly liberal.
Breckenridge, Colorado is strongly liberal.
Summit County, Colorado is very liberal.
Breckenridge 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.
Breckenridge, 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 80424 (Breckenridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 837 contributions totaling $174,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $86,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)