The politics in 80840 Air Force Academy, CO are influenced by the local and state government. The City of Air Force Academy is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government with five council members who are responsible for ordinances, budgets and regulations. The mayor is elected to a four-year term while the council members serve two-year terms. In addition, the state representatives and senators represent residents in the Colorado legislature and Congress as well. Residents of this area can be involved in local politics through voting, attending public meetings, attending candidate forums or rallies, interacting with political representatives when possible and volunteering with local campaigns or causes that they feel passionate about.
The political climate in Zip 80840 (Air Force Academy, 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 80840 (Air Force Academy, CO) is leaning liberal.
Air Force Academy, 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.
Air Force Academy, 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 80840 (Air Force Academy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $1,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)