Highlands Ranch, CO is a vibrant and growing community in Douglas County. Politically, the 80130 area of Highlands Ranch leans towards the Republican party. Local elections are held on a regular basis and are contested by candidates from both major parties, as well as some independent candidates. These local elections typically involve city council members, state representatives, and school board members. No matter what their political views may be, all candidates strive to support the local community’s needs while advocating for their own beliefs. Highlands Ranch residents take great pride in their democracy and regularly turn out in high numbers to cast their vote during election season.
The political climate in Zip 80130 (Highlands Ranch, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, CO is leaning conservative. In Douglas County, CO 45.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained moderately Republican, 52.4% to 45.2%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80130 (Highlands Ranch, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado is somewhat conservative.
Douglas County, Colorado is leaning conservative.
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.
Highlands Ranch, Colorado: R R R R R r
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 80130 (Highlands Ranch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 964 contributions totaling $63,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 427 contributions totaling $74,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)