The politics of 80228 Lakewood, CO are mainly focused on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure, and education. This is evidenced by the fact that the majority of political candidates campaigning in this area are running for city council or other municipal positions. Residents are encouraged to exercise their right to vote and make their voices heard in order to ensure that their representatives will address their concerns. The most pressing political topics in 80228 Lakewood, CO revolve around balancing the needs of the community with economic development and ensuring that all members of the community have access to essential resources like quality education and healthcare.
The political climate in Zip 80228 (Lakewood, 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 80228 (Lakewood, CO) is somewhat liberal.
Lakewood, 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.
Lakewood, 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 80228 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,132 contributions totaling $290,612 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 579 contributions totaling $119,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)