Colorado Springs, CO 80906 is a vibrant city that has an active political scene. The city is represented by members of the United States House of Representatives and the state legislature, as well as locally elected officials such as the mayor and city council members. Each election brings a different set of issues to the forefront, from healthcare reform to infrastructure improvements. Colorado Springs also has many organizations dedicated to engaging citizens in local politics such as The League of Women Voters and El Paso County Democratic and Republican Parties. Through events such as candidate forums and voter registration drives, these groups help ensure that everyone's voice is heard on important matters concerning the community.
The political climate in Zip 80906 (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 80906 (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 80906 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,634 contributions totaling $427,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,431 contributions totaling $753,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)