Fountain, Colorado is a small city located in El Paso County. It has a population of over 30,000 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and close-knit community. The local politics in 80817 Fountain are focused on providing citizens with the resources they need to live healthy and prosperous lives. There is a strong emphasis on creating economic opportunities, ensuring quality education, investing in infrastructure projects, and protecting public safety. Local candidates running for office strive to make sure that the needs of all members of the community are addressed and that residents have access to the best possible services. They work hard to ensure that Fountain remains an attractive place for people to live, work, and play by promoting responsible development that works towards long-term economic success.
The political climate in Zip 80817 (Fountain, 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 80817 (Fountain, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Fountain, 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.
Fountain, 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 80817 (Fountain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 594 contributions totaling $12,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $5,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)