In 80122 Centennial, CO, politics is an important part of the community. The local political landscape consists of the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners, Colorado State Senate and House of Representatives, and the U.S. Congressional District 7 representatives. Local elections are held annually to determine who will be elected to these positions. Residents of 80122 Centennial have the opportunity to make their voices heard by voting in these elections and making sure their voice is heard by their representatives. By participating in local politics, residents can help ensure that they have a say in how their community is run and make sure that their interests are taken into consideration when decisions are being made.
The political climate in Zip 80122 (Centennial, CO) is somewhat 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 80122 (Centennial, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Centennial, Colorado is somewhat 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 80122 (Centennial)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,054 contributions totaling $235,113 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $164,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)