Politics in 80238 Denver, CO are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. The current mayor of Denver is Michael B. Hancock, who has been in office since 2011 and is a Democrat. At the state level, both Colorado senators are Democrats, as well as four out of five representatives from Colorado's congressional districts. On the local level, there have been multiple city council elections held in 80238 Denver over recent years, with results being largely won by candidates affiliated with the Democratic Party. Despite this dominance of one party on the political scene in Denver, residents of 80238 are still able to make their voices heard at all levels of government and can be sure that their views are being represented in policy decisions.
The political climate in Zip 80238 (Denver, CO) is moderately liberal.
Denver County, CO is very liberal. In Denver County, CO 79.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 18.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Denver county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 79.6% to 18.2%.
Denver county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80238 (Denver, CO) is moderately liberal.
Denver, Colorado is moderately liberal.
Denver County, Colorado is very 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.
Denver, 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 80238 (Denver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,388 contributions totaling $480,578 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $37,468 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $323 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)