The City of Boulder has a reputation for being a liberal political stronghold. The county has that reputation as well, to varying degrees.
While Republicans dominated the 2016 election nationally, Democratic support locally picked up steam.
Registered Democrats increased from 40 percent to 43.9 percent of the county’s voters between 2015 and 2017. Meanwhile, registered Republicans fell from 18 percent to 16.8 percent. At the same time, the county’s registered voters who were unaffiliated fell from 40 percent to 37.3 percent.
Were some local voters “feelin’ the Bern” but not “ready for Hillary?” Were others turned off by Trump? Only 89 percent of active voters bothered to cast a ballot in the general election, down significantly from the 96 percent who voted in 2012, when Barack Obama won re-election.
