The politics in 80905 Colorado Springs, CO are largely influenced by the city's population and demographics. The area is mostly populated by people who are strong supporters of conservative values, which means that local political candidates typically keep their views in line with these values. Issues such as taxes, education, crime, and health care tend to be the most important for locals when it comes to voting. Local elections typically draw a large amount of voters since many people care about the future of their communities. As such, candidates must be prepared to address all these issues and come up with solutions that will satisfy the needs of the community while keeping true to their own political stance.
The political climate in Zip 80905 (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 80905 (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 80905 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 694 contributions totaling $49,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $35,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)