Arapahoe County, Colorado lies just south of the state capital and is the third most populous county in the state. The county is served by a 5-member Board of County Commissioners, who are responsible for setting policy on areas such as public safety, public works and infrastructure, budgeting, social services and economic development. It also has three elected officials that serve as the executive branch: an elected Assessor, Clerk & Recorder, and Treasurer. Arapahoe County also has multiple local municipalities which are each governed by their own political leaders. The county is home to numerous civic organizations that engage citizens in discussion about matters of importance to the community. In addition to participating in local elections, residents take part in activities such as attending town hall meetings or rallies to express their views on important issues facing Arapahoe County.
The political climate in Arapahoe County, CO is strongly liberal.
In Arapahoe County, CO 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arapahoe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.4%.
Arapahoe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arapahoe County, CO is strongly 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.
Arapahoe, 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 Arapahoe County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36,620 contributions totaling $6,892,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,577 contributions totaling $6,404,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $553 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)