Commerce City, CO 80640 is part of Adams County and is represented by the Adams County Commissioners, as well as Colorado state senators and representatives. The current mayor of Commerce City is Sean Ford. Commerce City government is a Council/Manager form of government with an elected seven-member City Council that sets policy and oversees the operations of local government through the offices of the City Manager, Public Works Director, Finance Director, Police Chief and Community Development Director. All citizens have the right to participate in local politics through voting in elections and attending local meetings. The city also provides numerous resources for residents to stay informed about what their elected officials are doing on their behalf. With its diverse population, excellent schools, strong economy, and vibrant cultural scene, Commerce City strives to be a place where everyone can live, work, play and thrive.
The political climate in Zip 80640 (Commerce City, CO) is leaning 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 80640 (Commerce City, CO) is leaning liberal.
Commerce City, Colorado is leaning 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.
Commerce City, 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 80640 (Commerce City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $7,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $10,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)