Westminster, CO Politics: Is It Liberal or Conservative?

Election Results and Trends in Westminster, CO

In the last Presidential election, Westminster, CO voted predominantly Democrat, with 57.4% of voters casting their ballot for Biden, while 39.7% of voters in Westminster voted for Trump, and other parties voting 2.8%. Based on these voting patterns, Westminster is considered a moderately liberal city. Specifically, it ranks 151st out of the most populated 333 cities in the United States in terms of liberalism based on the 2020 Presidential election results. Conversely, when looking at the conservative voting patterns in the 2020 election, Westminster ranks 190th out of the 333 most populated cities, indicating a relatively low conservative vote.

Presidential Elections Voting Trend

The last six Presidential election results (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) for Westminster, CO are: R R D D D D

Westminster, Colorado, has demonstrated a tendency towards supporting Democrat presidential candidates in the past 25 years. It favored Bill Clinton (1996), Al Gore (2000), John Kerry (2004), Barack Obama (2008 and 2012), Hillary Clinton (2016), and Joe Biden (2020.) This aligns with the broader trend in Colorado's urban and suburban areas, which have seen a shift towards Democrat candidates as the state's demographics have changed.

Local Elections

In terms of city-level elections in Westminster, the political landscape is more nuanced. Westminster operates under a nonpartisan nonpartisan council-manager form of government. Although individual council members may have personal political leanings, city elections are conducted without party affiliations. Over the past 25 years, there has been a mix of conservative and liberal viewpoints represented on the Council, reflecting the diverse and dynamic political views of the city's residents.

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