The politics in 80260 Thornton, Colorado include the city and county governments that work together to provide services to the citizens in this region. The City of Thornton is led by Mayor Heidi Williams, who is elected every four years by the residents of Thornton. The Board of Aldermen serves as the legislative body for local laws and regulations, and consists of seven members who are also elected by the citizens of Thornton. On a larger scale, Adams County also has a number of elected officials responsible for representing the interests of citizens in 80260 and beyond. From state representatives to county commissioners, these individuals are focused on enacting laws that benefit local residents while providing necessary government services throughout Adams County.
The political climate in Zip 80260 (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 80260 (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 80260 (Thornton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 402 contributions totaling $17,140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $7,687 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)