Lone Tree, CO is a vibrant and growing community located in the south Denver metropolitan area. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with six members forming the council. The Mayor appoints a City Manager to oversee the day-to-day operations of the municipality. Lone Tree residents are actively involved in local politics, and take part in elections for board members, council positions, and local ballot measures. Every election brings out passionate discussion about issues that affect Lone Tree residents such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, taxes and growth management. Political candidates focus on expanding municipal services while also striving to maintain Lone Tree's small town charm. All citizens are encouraged to stay informed about political issues in their community and participate in the democratic process by voting during each election cycle.
The political climate in Lone Tree, CO is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, CO is leaning conservative. In Douglas County, CO 45.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.2%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lone Tree, CO is leaning conservative.
Douglas County, Colorado is leaning conservative.
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.
Lone Tree, Colorado: R R R R R r
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lone Tree, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,855 contributions totaling $1,457,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,179 contributions totaling $1,206,889 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)