Red Feather Lakes, CO is a small mountain community located in Larimer County. It has an estimated population of about 800 people and is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Although it鈥檚 a small town, Red Feather Lakes still has its share of political concerns. The local government mainly centers around the Red Feather Fire Protection District, which is responsible for fire protection and emergency services in the area. Local elections are held annually to elect board members to make decisions on fire service policies and spending priorities. Additionally, various state representatives are elected at the county level to represent the voice of Red Feather Lakes residents on larger issues such as education funding and healthcare reform initiatives. Residents of 80545 Red Feather Lakes have a say in the political matters that are important to their community, ensuring that their voice is heard both locally and statewide.
The political climate in Zip 80545 (Red Feather Lakes, 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 80545 (Red Feather Lakes, CO) is leaning liberal.
Red Feather Lakes, 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.
Red Feather Lakes, 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 80545 (Red Feather Lakes)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $2,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,546 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)