The politics of 80026 Lafayette, CO provide an interesting landscape for the local community. The area is largely represented by Democrats in the Colorado Senate and House of Representatives, while there are also several unaffiliated voters and a growing presence of third-party candidates. At the county level, the Boulder County Democratic Party is one of the most active organizations in the area and works to ensure that constituents are well-informed about local issues. In addition to traditional methods such as door-to-door canvassing and phone banking, they use social media to get their message out quickly. With an ever-changing political climate, it's important to stay up-to-date on what's happening in your area so you can make sure your voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 80026 (Lafayette, CO) is strongly liberal.
Boulder County, CO is very liberal. In Boulder County, CO 77.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 20.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boulder county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Boulder county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80026 (Lafayette, CO) is strongly liberal.
Lafayette, Colorado is strongly liberal.
Boulder County, Colorado is very liberal.
Boulder 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.
Lafayette, 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 80026 (Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,278 contributions totaling $407,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 454 contributions totaling $82,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)