El Paso County is located in Colorado, and is home to the City of Colorado Springs. It is a county that has been shaped by an interesting political history, with a variety of local politicians having held office throughout the years. Recent elections have seen local politicians advocating for issues such as education reform, transportation infrastructure, and economic development. There are also many local organizations that advocate for a variety of causes within the county. In addition to local politicians representing El Paso County on the state and national level, citizens also have access to initiative-based voting on ballot measures or referendums which ultimately shape local policy decisions in the county. Overall, politics in El Paso County provide residents with unique opportunities to have their voices heard at the local level.
The political climate in El Paso County, CO is somewhat conservative.
In El Paso County, CO 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, El Paso county remained strongly Republican, 53.5% to 42.7%.
El Paso county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
El Paso County, CO is somewhat conservative.
Colorado Springs Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
El Paso, 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 El Paso County, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25,571 contributions totaling $2,032,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,557 contributions totaling $3,647,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)