Wellington, CO 80549 is a small town located in Larimer County with a population of around 8,000 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political scene and regularly holds local elections to determine who will represent them on various boards and committees. During elections, many local organizations come together to support their preferred candidates and ensure that their voice is heard in the community. Candidates usually come from diverse backgrounds and have different views on how they want to lead Wellington forward. As such, it’s important for residents of Wellington to stay informed about the issues affecting their community and research each candidate before making a decision on who they will vote for this election season.
The political climate in Zip 80549 (Wellington, CO) is leaning liberal.
Larimer County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Larimer County, CO 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Larimer county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 40.8%.
Larimer county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80549 (Wellington, CO) is leaning liberal.
Wellington, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Larimer County, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Fort Collins Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Wellington, Colorado: R r 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 80549 (Wellington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 153 contributions totaling $6,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $9,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)