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The Paradoxes of Politics in Colorado Springs

Abstract Despite being known as the “Evangelical Vatican,” politics in Colorado Springs is more pluralistic, and interesting, than its reputation suggests. The city is overwhelmingly conservative, but all major factions of modern conservatism – social, economic, and defense-related – have a significant presence in the city, leading to unusual controversies among them and with the city’s erstwhile liberals. Three paradoxes reveal the more complicated nature of this politics: 1) even though Colorado Springs is a bastion of evangelicalism, it is a largely secular city; 2) it loathes but is simultaneously dependent on the federal government; and 3) its social conservatives exercise more power nationally than locally.