The politics in 80202 Denver, CO are largely shaped by the local initiatives and leaders that represent the interests of the residents. This area is represented by Diana DeGette, a Democrat, in the US House of Representatives and Michael Bennet, a Democrat, in the US Senate. On the state level, the Colorado State Senate District 3 is represented by Dominick Moreno, a Democrat. In terms of local government, 80202 falls within Denver County’s Commission District 2 which is currently held by Evan Dreyer. He is a Democrat who was first elected to this position in 2018. Residents of 80202 are also part of Denver City Council District 7 which is currently held by Jolon Clark who is another Democrat elected to office in 2019. All these political leaders have worked hard to ensure that 80202 has strong representation on both local and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 80202 (Denver, CO) is very liberal.
Denver County, CO is very liberal. In Denver County, CO 79.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denver county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.6% to 18.2%.
Denver county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80202 (Denver, CO) is very liberal.
Denver, Colorado is very liberal.
Denver County, Colorado is very 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.
Denver, 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 80202 (Denver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,537 contributions totaling $1,884,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $415 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 946 contributions totaling $4,953,894 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)