Politics in Aurora, CO 80013 are heavily influenced by the Democratic Party. For most local elections, the majority of voters here have been traditionally voting for candidates that align with the Democratic platform. This has resulted in many progressive changes being made to the city since its incorporation in 1901. Most recently, major overhauls of transit systems and education policies have been pushed through by the current mayor, Mike Coffman, a Democrat who has held office since 2011. Additionally, many initiatives aimed at protecting civil rights and increasing access to healthcare for underserved communities have also been initiated under Coffman's leadership. The Aurora City Council is also largely dominated by Democrats and they often vote together when there are controversial bills up for debate.
The political climate in Zip 80013 (Aurora, CO) is moderately liberal.
Arapahoe County, CO is strongly liberal. In Arapahoe County, CO 61.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Arapahoe county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.0% to 36.4%.
Arapahoe county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80013 (Aurora, CO) is moderately liberal.
Aurora, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Arapahoe County, Colorado is strongly 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.
Aurora, 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 80013 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,709 contributions totaling $103,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 586 contributions totaling $47,542 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)