Southwest Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Southwest Colorado Springs

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Southwest Colorado Springs leans slightly Republican by roughly 10 points: about 45% of voters vote Democratic and 55% Republican.

 

About 95% of adults in Southwest Colorado Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Southwest Colorado Springs, ~43% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Southwest Colorado Springs compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Southwest Colorado Springs is the most Republican-leaning.

Southwest Colorado Springs runs about 20 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Southwest Colorado Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Southwest Colorado Springs. The southeast side is the most split-leaning (R+15) and the northwest side is the least split-leaning (Even), a spread of about 14 points.

Why Southwest Colorado Springs leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Southwest Colorado Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Southwest Colorado Springs are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Southwest Colorado Springs is about 78%, far above similar-sized neighborhoods (around 45%). Southwest Colorado Springs runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Southwest Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Southwest Colorado Springs looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Southwest Colorado Springs is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 87% of households in Southwest Colorado Springs own their home, compared to around 64% in nearby neighborhoods. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Southwest Colorado Springs have completed high school, above 92% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.