Politics in Parker, Colorado have been active and evolving for many years. The town is governed by a mayor-council government, with the mayor being elected in a nonpartisan election and the council members sitting for staggered four-year terms. The current mayor of Parker is Mike Waid, who was first elected in 2015 and reelected in 2019. He will be up for reelection again in 2023. Parker's Town Council consists of seven members representing seven districts across the town. Each district is represented by one voting member who works together to decide on policy initiatives. They are also responsible for overseeing budgeting decisions as approved by the mayor. Additionally, there are other committees and boards that handle Parks & Recreation projects, planning & zoning issues, special events, and more. These committees provide valuable feedback to the Town Council on matters that are important to local residents.
The political climate in Parker, CO is somewhat 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
Parker, CO is somewhat 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.
Parker, 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 Parker, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,285 contributions totaling $1,917,308 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,717 contributions totaling $1,333,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)