The politics in 80919, Colorado Springs, CO are deeply rooted and complex. The city is served by Mayor John Suthers, who was re-elected in 2019. The City Council consists of nine members who represent the citizens of Colorado Springs and help set laws and policies that affect the city's growth and development. The Council also works with local organizations to support issues such as public safety, economic development, transportation projects, housing affordability, maintaining parks and open space, and improving neighborhoods. In addition to these important roles, local representatives from both parties are frequently elected to serve on boards and commissions at the state level. Overall, the political process in 80919 Colorado Springs is one that is filled with both passionate individuals working hard to make a difference in their community as well as those who take a more passive role by simply voting for their desired candidates.
The political climate in Zip 80919 (Colorado Springs, CO) is somewhat 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 80919 (Colorado Springs, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Colorado Springs, Colorado is somewhat 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 80919 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,399 contributions totaling $120,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 716 contributions totaling $221,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)