The city of Colorado Springs, CO has a population of around 468,000 people and is located in El Paso County. Colorado Springs is the second most populous city in Colorado and is home to many important government institutions such as the United States Air Force Academy, NORAD, and Peterson Air Force Base. Colorado Springs has strong Republican leanings due to its large military presence; however, it has been home to several progressive initiatives in recent years. Additionally, Colorado Springs has seen an increase in political engagement from both Democrats and Republicans over the past few elections cycles. In general, national policies tend to be supported by the majority of citizens within the city, while local issues usually involve a more divided opinion amongst residents. Several prominent local political candidates have run for office within Colorado Springs in recent years and have worked hard to make sure that their constituents' voices are heard, no matter their party affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 80925 (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 80925 (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 80925 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $3,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,109 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)