Politics in 80921 Colorado Springs, CO have a large impact on the community. The area is part of El Paso County and is represented in the state legislature by Democratic Representative Tony Exum Sr., Republican Senator Dennis Hisey, and Republican Representative Lois Landgraf. Locally, voters are represented by Mayor John Suthers as well as members of city council such as District 1 Councilmember Jill Gaebler, and District 4 Councilmember David Geislinger. Elections in the area are highly contested with multiple candidates running for local positions. The citizens of 80921 Colorado Springs take their vote seriously and come out in large numbers to make sure they have a voice in how their city is run.
The political climate in Zip 80921 (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 80921 (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 80921 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 737 contributions totaling $53,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 668 contributions totaling $204,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)