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State record · CO

Colorado

10 electoral votes in 202464 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+60·1868··1880: R+5.4 two-party · 53,546 votes1884: R+13.1 two-party · 66,519 votes1888: R+15.0 two-party · 91,946 votes18881892: R+100.0 two-party · 93,881 votes1896: D+71.6 two-party · 189,539 votes1900: D+14.2 two-party · 220,295 votes1904: R+14.7 two-party · 243,667 votes1908: D+1.2 two-party · 263,858 votes19081912: D+32.2 two-party · 265,954 votes1916: D+27.3 two-party · 292,037 votes1920: R+24.2 two-party · 290,010 votes1924: R+39.8 two-party · 323,029 votes1928: R+36.5 two-party · 422,316 votes19281932: D+14.1 two-party · 455,688 votes1936: D+23.8 two-party · 488,246 votes1940: R+2.5 two-party · 548,260 votes1944: R+6.8 two-party · 505,039 votes1948: D+5.4 two-party · 515,237 votes19481952: R+21.5 two-party · 630,103 votes1956: R+19.8 two-party · 663,074 votes1960: R+9.8 two-party · 736,237 votes1964: D+23.2 two-party · 776,985 votes1968: R+10.0 two-party · 811,199 votes19681972: R+28.8 two-party · 953,885 votes1976: R+11.8 two-party · 1,081,440 votes · 7 EV1980: R+27.9 two-party · 1,184,450 votes · 7 EV1984: R+28.7 two-party · 1,295,380 votes · 8 EV1988: R+7.9 two-party · 1,372,394 votes · 8 EV19881992: D+5.6 two-party · 1,569,180 votes · 8 EV1996: R+1.5 two-party · 1,510,702 votes · 8 EV2000: R+9.0 two-party · 1,741,368 votes · 8 EV2004: R+4.7 two-party · 2,129,630 votes · 9 EV2008: D+9.1 two-party · 2,401,361 votes · 9 EV20082012: D+5.5 two-party · 2,569,516 votes · 9 EV2016: D+5.4 two-party · 2,780,220 votes · 9 EV2020: D+13.9 two-party · 3,279,980 votes · 9 EV2024: D+11.3 two-party · 3,192,745 votes · 10 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
AdamsD+9.3
31 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
AlamosaR+11.1
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ArapahoeD+20.7
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ArchuletaR+14.4
35 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BacaR+72.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BentR+39.7
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BoulderD+57.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
BroomfieldD+29.4
6 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ChaffeeD+14.0
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
CheyenneR+79.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Clear CreekD+17.1
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ConejosR+18.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CostillaD+15.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
CrowleyR+48.9
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CusterR+37.0
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DeltaR+36.5
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DenverD+57.7
31 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
DoloresR+53.6
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DouglasR+7.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EagleD+25.1
36 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
El PasoR+10.1
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ElbertR+52.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FremontR+39.4
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GarfieldD+2.1
36 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
GilpinD+13.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
GrandR+0.8
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GunnisonD+30.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
HinsdaleR+12.7
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HuerfanoR+8.8
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+57.1
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonD+20.0
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
KiowaR+75.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Kit CarsonR+69.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
La PlataD+19.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
LakeD+17.1
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
LarimerD+18.1
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
Las AnimasR+13.8
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+65.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LoganR+57.8
35 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MesaR+24.9
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MineralR+13.6
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MoffatR+64.2
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MontezumaR+21.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MontroseR+33.3
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MorganR+49.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OteroR+27.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OurayD+21.6
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ParkR+17.0
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PhillipsR+64.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PitkinD+45.2
36 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ProwersR+51.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PuebloR+5.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Rio BlancoR+64.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Rio GrandeR+23.8
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RouttD+28.5
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SaguacheD+3.9
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
San JuanD+33.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
San MiguelD+50.7
36 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
SedgwickR+57.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SummitD+38.3
37 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
TellerR+36.4
32 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WashingtonR+76.2
35 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WeldR+21.5
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
YumaR+66.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican