The politics in 80615 Eaton, CO are largely based on the local government of Weld County. The county is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners that serves as the legislative body of the county. They are responsible for the execution and enforcement of all laws within the county. Currently, Barbara Kirkmeyer is serving as Chairwoman and Mike Freeman is Vice-Chairman of the board. At the municipal level, Eaton has a mayor-council form of government with a Mayor and Town Council members representing various wards in town. Together they oversee local decisions ranging from budget allocations to infrastructure projects. Community outreach and involvement is encouraged through town meetings and online platforms like Facebook which allow residents to stay informed on local news and issues.
The political climate in Zip 80615 (Eaton, CO) is moderately 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 80615 (Eaton, CO) is moderately conservative.
Eaton, Colorado is moderately 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.
Eaton, 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 80615 (Eaton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $5,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $55,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)