Aspen Park, CO is a small town that prides itself on its vibrant local politics. The town has a history of engaging citizens in the decision-making process and encouraging residents to get involved in local politics. Every election cycle, there is an enthusiastic group of candidates running for various city council positions and mayor. Many candidates are passionate about community engagement and strive to represent their constituents’ best interests. Issues like affordable housing, neighborhood safety, land use and infrastructure investments often come to the forefront during election season. Locals are encouraged to attend candidate forums and learn more about each candidate's vision for the future of Aspen Park, CO.
The political climate in Aspen Park, CO is leaning 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
Aspen Park, CO is leaning 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.
Aspen Park, 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 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 Aspen Park, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,523 contributions totaling $683,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,180 contributions totaling $365,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)