Niwot, Colorado (80544) is a small town located in Boulder County with a population of around 3,500 people. The town’s politics are managed by the Niwot Local Improvement District (LID), which is overseen by a Board of Directors elected by the residents. This board is responsible for providing services to the community such as road maintenance, park improvements, and other quality-of-life projects for the citizens of Niwot. The current Board of Directors consists of five members who are elected to four year terms by the people of Niwot. The LID also works closely with the Town Council of Niwot, which is tasked with managing local affairs such as planning and zoning decisions within town limits. Residents can participate in their local government through attending council meetings and voting in local elections. It’s important that citizens get involved in their local government to ensure that their needs are being addressed on all levels.
The political climate in Zip 80544 (Niwot, CO) is moderately 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 80544 (Niwot, CO) is moderately liberal.
Niwot, Colorado is moderately 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.
Niwot, 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 80544 (Niwot)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $12,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $47,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $921 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)