The politics in 80645 La Salle, CO are greatly influenced by the rural nature of the area. With a population of just over 2,000 people, the issues that locals focus on tend to be more local and personal than is seen in larger cities. Taxes, education and public safety are all important topics of discussion among residents. Local elections take place every two years and typically feature candidates from both major political parties as well as independent candidates representing various interests. Candidates focus on local issues that affect the day-to-day lives of residents such as infrastructure improvements, job creation, water rights and environmental protection. Residents of 80645 La Salle come together to support their chosen candidates and create a sense of community pride regardless of political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 80645 (La Salle, 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 80645 (La Salle, CO) is moderately conservative.
La Salle, 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.
La Salle, 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 80645 (La Salle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $5,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $5,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)