The city of Palmer Lake, CO 80133 is a small community located in El Paso County. The town has a population of just over 1,400 people and is governed by a mayor and six council members who are elected to two-year terms. The town is served by the Palmer Lake Fire Protection District as well as the El Paso-Teller County Health Department. The town prides itself on its vibrant local politics, with many residents engaging in meetings and voicing their opinions on important local issues. There are no current local political candidates running for office in 80133 Palmer Lake, CO; however, all residents have the opportunity to get involved in local government by attending meetings and making their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 80133 (Palmer Lake, 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 80133 (Palmer Lake, CO) is somewhat conservative.
Palmer Lake, 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.
Palmer Lake, 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 80133 (Palmer Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $5,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $10,127 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)