Longmont, Colorado is a small town located in Boulder County with a population of just over 95,000 people. The city has a strong focus on local government and works to provide its citizens with quality services and resources. Local politics in Longmont are largely focused on protecting the environment, education, economic development, infrastructure, and public safety. In terms of candidates for political office, Longmont residents can look to their State Representative at the state level along with their county Commissioner for representation on the county level. Currently there are no local politicians running for office in Longmont as the city operates under a government appointed system. Despite this, the city provides numerous opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics through town hall meetings and community forums that serve as an important forum for debate and discussion about important issues facing Longmont.
The political climate in Zip 80503 (Longmont, 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 80503 (Longmont, CO) is strongly liberal.
Longmont, 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.
Longmont, 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 80503 (Longmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,407 contributions totaling $691,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 763 contributions totaling $229,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)