The city of Lakewood, CO, located in zip code 80232, is home to a diverse community and a thriving political scene. With an engaged citizen base making their voices heard on local issues, Lakewood has become a hub for political activity in the Denver metro area. Residents of Lakewood have taken part in numerous initiatives over the years, with grassroots efforts leading to successful campaigns and positive change for their community. In recent years, Lakewood residents have organized around educational reform efforts, infrastructure improvements, and environmental initiatives that have made an impact on the community as a whole. The local government has been responsive to these issues and continues to strive towards developing more effective policies in these areas. Additionally, local politicians are actively working to engage citizens in their decision-making processes through public forums and other events where residents can make their opinions known. In this way, Lakewood remains an active and vibrant center for political engagement and progress.
The political climate in Zip 80232 (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 80232 (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 80232 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,257 contributions totaling $86,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $26,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)