Politics in 80918 Colorado Springs, CO are largely determined by the interests of its population. This region is part of El Paso County and is represented in the Colorado State Legislature by three representatives from Districts 18, 21, and 22. At the county level, 80918 is served by three county commissioners who serve on the Board of County Commissioners. The United States Congress also has two representatives for this area which are assigned to Congressional District 5 and Senate District 11. On a local level, there are numerous elected officials representing 80918 such as school board members, mayors, city council members, and others. These individuals all work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. In terms of political parties, Colorado Springs has a strong presence from both Republicans and Democrats who are active in advocating for various causes throughout the community.
The political climate in Zip 80918 (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 80918 (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 80918 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,309 contributions totaling $61,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 781 contributions totaling $191,449 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)