The politics of 80214 Lakewood, CO are largely influenced by the local state and federal government. The area is represented in the Colorado State Legislature by three elected officials from Senate District 22, House District 40, and House District 28. At the federal level, the area is represented by Diana DeGette for US Congress. Locally, the City of Lakewood has a mayor and eight city council representatives who are directly responsible for policy decisions that affect residents of 80214. The mayor and city council members are elected by popular vote every four years. Residents in 80214 can participate in this process by registering to vote, attending local debates, and staying informed on issues that matter to them. Additionally, they can take part in local initiatives such as volunteering or attending community meetings to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 80214 (Lakewood, CO) is moderately 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 80214 (Lakewood, CO) is moderately liberal.
Lakewood, Colorado is moderately 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 80214 (Lakewood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,209 contributions totaling $85,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $24,036 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)