Politics in 80015 Centennial, CO is an important part of the local community. The city has a mayor-council type of government, with an elected mayor overseeing the city council and providing leadership for the entire city. Currently, Mayor Cathy Noon is in her second term as mayor and is supported by a seven-member city council which are all elected by the people of 80015 Centennial, CO. Issues such as budget allocation, taxation levels, infrastructure needs and public safety are discussed at monthly City Council meetings to ensure the welfare of residents and businesses in 80015 Centennial, CO. Residents of 80015 Centennial, CO can participate in local politics by attending City Council meetings or voting in elections for local candidates who will represent their interests on important matters.
The political climate in Zip 80015 (Centennial, CO) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 80015 (Centennial, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Centennial, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Arapahoe County, Colorado 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.
Centennial, 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 zip 80015 (Centennial)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,137 contributions totaling $234,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 665 contributions totaling $106,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)