The politics in 80951 Colorado Springs, CO are largely influenced by local and state government. Colorado Springs is the second most populous city in the state, so its politics have a big impact on broader state-level policies. The city is represented on the state level by Governor Jared Polis and two State Senators: Dennis Hisey and Michael Merrifield. At the city level, Colorado Springs is led by Mayor John Suthers, who was elected to his third term in 2019. The city also has an active City Council that consists of nine members elected from each district within the city limits to serve four-year terms. Furthermore, residents of 80951 have an array of local political organizations they can engage with such as Grassroots Progressives and Citizens Project which provide a platform for citizens to express their views on current issues facing the community.
The political climate in Zip 80951 (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 80951 (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 80951 (Colorado Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)