Politics in Thornton, CO 80229 are mainly focused on local affairs. The city government is made up of a Mayor, four City Council Members, and various other officials and staff. Recently, there has been some controversy surrounding the city's decision to permit marijuana dispensaries in the city limits. Local elections are held every two years for each of the offices, and they draw interest from local residents who want to weigh in on important issues facing their community. Issues like economic growth, public safety, infrastructure development, and educational improvements are all highly debated during these elections as citizens strive to find consensus for the best ways to make Thornton a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 80229 (Thornton, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Adams County, CO is moderately liberal. In Adams County, CO 56.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.7% to 40.4%.
Adams county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80229 (Thornton, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Thornton, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Adams County, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Metro Area is strongly 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.
Thornton, 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 80229 (Thornton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,027 contributions totaling $51,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $8,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)