The politics of 80913 Fort Carson, CO are heavily influenced by the large population of active military personnel and their families that live there. As such, the issues that matter most to this community are those related to national security and defense, personnel wellbeing, veterans' affairs, and other topics that touch on military life. Local political candidates often address these issues in particular during their campaigns, attempting to show how they can best serve the needs of this unique population. Additionally, local representatives have a strong interest in ensuring that military personnel receive the support they require as well as advocating for veterans’ rights and benefits. In short, 80913 Fort Carson is a very unique place when it comes to politics and those who represent it must understand the special needs of this population.
The political climate in Zip 80913 (Fort Carson, CO) is leaning liberal.
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 80913 (Fort Carson, CO) is leaning liberal.
Fort Carson, Colorado is leaning liberal.
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.
Fort Carson, 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 80913 (Fort Carson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)