The politics in 80249 Denver, CO are heavily influenced by the state government. The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature, which is composed of two chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both chambers are responsible for setting and passing laws that affect all Coloradans, including those in 80249. On a local level, 80249 residents vote for their elected leaders at the city and county levels. In Denver County, 80249 voters elect representatives to City Council and Board of County Commissioners. These elected officials work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met through legislation and services like public safety initiatives, infrastructure projects, and social programs. Additionally, Denver also has several special districts like schools and fire protection that are governed by appointed boards or commissions. Overall, 80249 residents have access to a variety of local governments that strive to provide quality services to the community.
The political climate in Zip 80249 (Denver, CO) is strongly 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 80249 (Denver, CO) is strongly liberal.
Denver, Colorado is strongly 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 80249 (Denver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 486 contributions totaling $85,723 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $16,129 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)