Fort Carson, located in El Paso County, Colorado, is home to many active citizens who are involved in the politics of their community. The Fort Carson community is proactive and strives to ensure that local issues are addressed by elected officials. Residents can be found taking an active role in campaigns and advocating for their town's interests on a range of issues from healthcare to infrastructure. There are also numerous organizations and groups that work to advance the political interests of the town, such as the Citizens for a Better Fort Carson which hosts events for both candidates and voters alike. Local politicians work hard to ensure that residents have access to all the necessary resources they need while advocating for policies that will help improve the quality of life in Fort Carson.
The political climate in Fort Carson, CO is leaning liberal.
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
Fort Carson, CO is leaning liberal.
El Paso County, Colorado 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.
Fort Carson, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fort Carson, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $6,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)