Ken Caryl is a small community located in Jefferson County, Colorado with an estimated population of 30,000. As a relatively small community, it has strong ties to the local government politics and its citizens are passionate about ensuring that their voices are heard. Ken Caryl is represented in the Colorado Senate by Democrat Nancy Todd and Republican Tammy Story. On the local level, Ken Caryl is represented by four county commissioners elected by registered voters. These commissioners are tasked with making sure that the needs of the local community are met through city ordinances, budgets, and other regulations. Additionally, Ken Caryl elects three representatives to serve on the Jefferson County Open Space Board of Directors who work to preserve natural resources and open spaces for recreational use. With such important roles within local government, citizens of Ken Caryl take pride in participating in elections and taking an active role in advocating for their political interests.
The political climate in Zip 80128 (Ken Caryl, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, CO is moderately liberal. In Jefferson County, CO 57.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.9% to 39.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 80128 (Ken Caryl, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Ken Caryl, Colorado is somewhat liberal.
Jefferson County, Colorado is moderately 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.
Ken Caryl, 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 80128 (Ken Caryl)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,043 contributions totaling $110,360 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 496 contributions totaling $99,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)