Fort Carson leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Fort Carson typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Carson, ~21% vote Democratic, ~29% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Carson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Carson leans more Republican than 10 of 23 neighbors.
Fort Carson runs about 27 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Fort Carson is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Fort Carson leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Fort Carson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fort Carson votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 86%, far above the Colorado average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 95% of households in Fort Carson are family households, in the top fraction of cities. Fort Carson runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Fort Carson, CO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Fort Carson looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Carson is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and more than 99% of households in Fort Carson rent, compared to around 24% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Fort Carson have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Stratmoor, CO R+4
- Security-Widefield, CO R+10
- Ivywild, CO R+17
- Fountain, CO R+16
- Colorado Springs, CO R+8
- Manitou Springs, CO D+23
- Cimarron Hills, CO R+8
- Goldfield, CO R+27
- Cascade, CO D+6
- Cascade-Chipita Park, CO D+3
Cities with Similar Populations
- Aledo, TX R+56
- Hillsboro, OH R+57
- Ocean Acres, NJ R+33
- Bellingham, MA Even
- Fostoria, OH R+24
- Fullerton, PA D+6
- Brownsville, FL D+47
- Fate, TX R+31
- Grimes, IA R+3
- Scotts Valley, CA D+42
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.