The city of Lakewood, Colorado is situated in the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area with a population over 140,000. A majority of citizens are registered voters and take part in local elections. The city is represented by state senators, representatives and county commissioners in both the Colorado State Legislature and Jefferson County Board of Commissioners. Additionally, the mayor of Lakewood is elected from the community to represent residents' interests at a local level. The city has an open government in which members of the public can attend meetings held by elected officials and have their voices heard on policy issues that affect their city. Overall, local politics in Lakewood are actively engaged with citizens as they work to improve quality-of-life for all who reside there.
The political climate in Zip 80227 (Lakewood, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, CO is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, CO 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80227 (Lakewood, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Lakewood, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson 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.
Lakewood, 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 80227 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,515 contributions totaling $162,105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 664 contributions totaling $226,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)