Highlands Ranch, CO is a vibrant community with active involvement in local politics. The citizens of Highlands Ranch are passionate about their local government and make sure their voices are heard by voting in local elections. The community has strong representation from both political parties at the state and local levels. There are multiple candidates for mayor, city council members, school board members, and other local offices that serve the citizens’ interests. Highlands Ranch also puts a great emphasis on transparency and collaboration between the local government and the citizens they serve. Citizens have access to public records on important decisions made by local officials, as well as engaging in discussions on forums online or at town hall meetings hosted by the officials themselves. No matter what one's political beliefs may be, Highlands Ranch offers an environment of open dialogue that encourages people to ask questions and get involved in their local government.
The political climate in Highlands Ranch, CO is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, CO is leaning conservative. In Douglas County, CO 45.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.2%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highlands Ranch, CO is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, Colorado is leaning conservative.
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.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado: R R R R R r
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Highlands Ranch, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,775 contributions totaling $1,036,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,851 contributions totaling $1,124,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)