Colorado Springs, CO 80903 is a vibrant and unique city with its own politics. It is governed by a mayor and a city council that are elected on the local level. The population is over 500,000 people, making it the largest city in El Paso County. Its political landscape reflects the diversity of its residents, with many candidates from both major parties vying for positions. In recent years, Colorado Springs has seen increased civic engagement with the election of progressive candidates to city offices, including multiple term Mayor Steve Bach and Councilwoman Jill Gaebler. Issues such as transparency, climate change and public safety remain important topics for debate among candidates and voters alike in this vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 80903 (Colorado Springs, CO) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 80903 (Colorado Springs, CO) is leaning conservative.
Colorado Springs, Colorado is leaning conservative.
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.
Colorado Springs, 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 zip 80903 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,208 contributions totaling $205,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $255,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $884 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)