Black Hawk, CO is a small city located in Gilpin County. It is known for its gambling and tourism industry, however, it also has an active political scene. The City Council is comprised of seven members elected by the people of Black Hawk to lead them in governmental decisions. The current mayor, Neil O'Connor, was first elected in June 2018 and works hard to ensure that the city runs smoothly. He is supported by his fellow councilmembers who are committed to making sure that the voices of their constituency are heard. The City Council regularly meets every second Tuesday of each month at City Hall. They discuss various issues and concerns affecting the community, from taxation to infrastructure and special projects. Moreover, there are several local election campaigns that take place every year in order to elect new representatives for Black Hawk on state and national levels..
The political climate in Zip 80422 (Black Hawk, CO) is leaning liberal.
Gilpin County, CO is somewhat liberal. In Gilpin County, CO 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilpin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 43.8%.
Gilpin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80422 (Black Hawk, CO) is leaning liberal.
Black Hawk, Colorado is leaning liberal.
Gilpin County, Colorado is somewhat 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.
Black Hawk, Colorado: d D 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 80422 (Black Hawk)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $12,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $11,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)