Mead, CO is a small town located in northern Colorado with a population of around 6,000 people. It is part of Weld County and as such is represented by the county government officials. On the state level, representative Lori Saine and Senator Jerry Sonnenberg are the local representatives for Mead. The citizens of Mead are very involved in their local politics and take an active role in deciding how their city should be run. Residents regularly attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions on important issues such as tax increases and environmental protection measures. Elections for local offices are hotly contested every few years as citizens choose which candidate they think will best represent them at the county level. Although not all issues affect every resident of Mead, most people feel a responsibility to stay informed about local political matters and to actively participate in the decision-making process when possible.
The political climate in Zip 80542 (Mead, 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 80542 (Mead, CO) is moderately conservative.
Mead, 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.
Mead, 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 80542 (Mead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $4,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $5,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)