Why does Colorado Springs differ so much politically from Denver, CO and Boulder, CO?

Church bro and military

Because El Paso county is mostly uneducated trailer trash or military religious types who think they are awesome but actually really suck

Because Colorado Springs hasn't been invaded by trash from California.

The military doesn't recruit from California?

old time fan wrote:

Because Colorado Springs hasn't been invaded by trash from California.

Meth house 101 wrote:

Because El Paso county is mostly uneducated trailer trash or military religious types who think they are awesome but actually really suck

El Paso is one of America's best cities (besides Houston of course)

Meth house 101 wrote:

Because El Paso county is mostly uneducated trailer trash or military religious types who think they are awesome but actually really suck

Truth!

old time fan wrote:

Because Colorado Springs hasn't been invaded by trash from California.

What do you mean?

Obviously you have never been to C Springs. Good luck trying to find a trailer park. And of coarse the Air Force Academy only admit people with low I Qs, not to mention NORAD... a bunch of dummies there.

Ever been to Boulder recently? All those brainiacs smoking dope.

Colorado is quite diverse. Denver-Boulder long bastions of left leaning voters, the eastern plains are like Kansas and the mountains a mix. SW has a high percentage of hispanics and native Americans so it's more left. Colorado Springs has the military presence and in the past 30 years all those GD megachurches so it tends to be far right. Fort Collins-Greeley were old farm towns and long held onto very right-wing voting trends. That's changed in the past decade with influx of out of staters. And Denver metro is not at all a unified block. Denver is left, Aurora is a mix (blacks and ex military), Jefferson County leans left anymore, but the southern city of Littleton and adjoining Douglas County (Highlands Ranch/Parker/Castle Rock) are 95% white, church going Republicans. And Boulder is Boulder, but in the mountain areas you have some very backwards hillbillies. Some counties in the Western Slope and ski county are quite progressive (skiers and granola heads) while the next county over might be very right-wing (ranching).

Colorado Springs has long been a military town. Military are typically politically and socially conservative. A review in 2005 showed pervasive problems with promoting Christianity at the USAFA:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/politics/air-force-academy-staff-found-promoting-religion.html?_r=0

Colorado has 6 military bases. Five are located in the Colorado springs area. That tends to bring out the flag wavers and conservative view points. also, it was home (I'm not sure if it still is) to a large Christian organization.

But Almost anywhere outside of Denver/Boulder. Colorado is fairly conservative as with most rural areas of the country. Denver draws a lot of East Coasters and West Coaster who tend to lean left politically.

Boulder has been a hippie bastion for year and year probably because of the University.

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Denver and Boulder were the first to surrender.

Stark differences hmm wrote:

Why does Colorado Springs differ so much politically from Denver, CO and Boulder, CO?

Marco YOLO wrote:

Colorado has 6 military bases. Five are located in the Colorado springs area. That tends to bring out the flag wavers and conservative view points. also, it was home (I'm not sure if it still is) to a large Christian organization..

That would be "Focus on the Family"