The politics in 80112 Centennial, CO are largely informed by the local elections that take place. The city is divided into six different districts which each elect their own representative to the City Council who then works with the city manager to govern over the town. This governing body is responsible for making decisions about local budgets, land-use regulations, and other matters that affect citizens of 80112 Centennial. Candidates running for office usually have backgrounds as business owners, entrepreneurs, educators, and community leaders who understand the unique needs of each district. Elections usually involve a variety of different issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and education policy which all shape how 80112 Centennial is governed.
The political climate in Zip 80112 (Centennial, 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 80112 (Centennial, CO) is moderately liberal.
Centennial, 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.
Centennial, 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 80112 (Centennial)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,212 contributions totaling $706,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,075 contributions totaling $507,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $472 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)