| COLORADO | 9 Electoral Votes |
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| Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Colorado Secretary of State)
Colorado has: 64 counties. Counties over 500,000: El Paso, Denver, Arapahoe, Jefferson. Cities over 250,000: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora. Government
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State of Colorado Secretary of State CO Democratic
Party Denver
Post  The Centennial State |
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Counties begin mailing ballots on Oct. 9, 2020. Drop boxes and polling centers open on Oct. 19, 2020. Election Calendar |
Ballots cast: 3,295,666. Ballot Access |
Overview: The March 3 Democratic
primary produced a fairly even result among the four
remaining candidates at that time and was one of Biden's
weakest primary showings, just under 25% of the vote. Eight months later in November, Colorado voters faced a crowded ballot including 21 presidential candidates and 11 ballot measures. The marquee U.S. Senate race between Gardner and Hickenlooper and ballot initiatives including proposals to ban late-term abortions and create a paid family and medical leave program helped boost interest. Colorado has been trending Democratic over recent cycles and based on recent statewide elections including the last three presidential races, Biden was favored to win. The campaigns did not put much resources into the state in the Fall. Doug Emhoff, husband of vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris, participated in Biden for Colorado car rally at Denver East High School on Oct. 8. John Pence, the vice president's nephew, participated in a bus tour. (R | D, allies) > The race was not close as Biden won by margin of 439,745 votes (13.50 percentage points); Biden carried 25 counties to 39 for Trump. Trump | Biden [COSOS] | BALLOT [PDF] |
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2020] |
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| Total Registered Voters: 3,890,445 Total Ballots Cast: 1,806,325 Voter Turnout: 46.43%. |
| Democrats
Sanders 355,293 (37.00%), Biden 263,565 (24.64%), Bloomberg 177,727 (18.51%), Warren 168,695 (17.57%)... Total 960,128. details 79 Delegates: 44 District, 14 At-Large, 9 PLEO, 12 Unpledged. |
Republicans
Trump 628,876 (92.26%), Weld 25,698 (3.77%), Walsh 13,072 (1.92%), Matern 7,239 (1.06%), Ardini 3,388 (0.50%), Istvan 3,350 (0.49%). Total: 681,623. |
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| Clinton 40.13% |
Dole 45.80% |
Bush 50.75% |
Bush 51.71% |
Obama 53.66% |
Obama 51.49% |
Clinton 48.16% |
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the details...
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 3,978,892. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.9%. Colorado law allows residents to register to vote through Election Day. Permanent Mail-in: Ballots may be sent to voters starting Oct.17, 2016 (22 days before the Election) Early Voting at Early Voting Polling Places: Oct. 24, 2016-Nov. 8, 2016 (15 days before the Election) full calendar [PDF] 3,151,275 ballots were mailed. - 2,677,563 mail ballots were returned. - 206,585 in-person voters (about 7%). - approx. 29,000 UOCAVA ballots. 2,884,148 ballots cast (+). Registration: Dem. 1,063,459 (27.69%) Rep. 1,054,767 (27.47%) Unaff. 1,171,608 (30.51%) Lib. 39,608 (1.03%) Grn. 11,835 (0.31%) ACN 10,369 (0.27%) UNI 915 ...Total 3,840,159 > |
Ballots cast: 2,884,148. |
Overview: Colorado was a
semi-battleground state. The Clinton campaign
seemed fairly confident here; it stopped running ads
in July and the principals made just a handful of
visits. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign plied
the state with visits, focusing particularly on the
Colorado Springs area. The Latino vote is an important demographic in Colorado. According to the Pew Research Center (+), the state has a Hispanic population of about 1.1 million, accounting for 21% of the total population. 550,000 of these are eligible to vote, or 14.5% of the total eligible to vote. NALEO projected a Latino vote in Nov. 2016 of 277,500. A number of controversial ballot measures may have helped boost turnout, which, based on voting eligible population (VEP), was the third highest in the country after Minnesota and New Hampshire. The presidential ballot had 22 candidates. The Clinton-Kaine ticket carried 22 counties to 42 for Trump-Pence, achieving a margin of 136,386 votes (4.91 percentage points). Colorado figured in the post-election Electoral College maneuvering, as two electors filed suit challenging the state's law binding electors. Their efforts proved unsuccessful, but when the electors met on Dec. 19 one elector, Michael Baca, was replaced after he attempted to vote for John Kasich. General Election Visits Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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| Voting Eligible
Population*: 3,654,045. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 70.3%. Permanent Mail-in: Ballots may be sent to voters starting Oct. 15, 2012 (22 days before the Election) Early Voting at Early Voting Polling Places: Oct. 22, 2012-Nov. 2, 2012 (22 days before the Election) full calendar [PDF] -Mail-in Ballots: 2,158,867 mail in ballots were sent out and 1,868,867 mail-in ballots were received and accepted, including 633,024 Democratic and 656,650 Republican. -Early Vote: 250,803 early vote ballots were cast, including 85,623 Democratic and 86,954 Republican. Registration: Rep. 925,785 (33.67%) Dem. 887,470 (32.28%) Unaff. 900,490 (32.75%) Lib. 19,585 (0.71%) Grn. 7,197 ACN 5,702 other 3,017 ...Total 2,749,246 Registration Deadline: Oct. 9, 2012 |
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2012 Overview
Colorado was very much a battleground state, and according to the United States Election Project at George Mason University, the state had the third highest turnout as a percentage of voting eligible population (after Minnesota and Wisconsin). Obama's margin was reduced to 137,858 votes (5.36 percentage points); he carried 27 counties to 37 for Romney-Ryan. General Election Details Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
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Population*:
3,441,907. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 69.8%. Early voting: Begins at the early voters' polling place for the general election on Oct. 20, 2008 (15 days before the election) and runs through Oct. 31, 2008.
Registration: Rep. 892,791 (34.00%) Dem. 902,444 (34.36%) Unaff. 814,281 (31.01%) Lib. 9,489 (0.36%) Grn. 5,526 (0.21%) ACN 1,461 (0.05%) UPA 183 ...Total 2,626,175 Registration deadline: Oct. 6, 2008 (no later than 29 days before the election). |
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2008 Overview In the battleground state of Colorado, the Obama-Biden ticket gained a margin of 214,984 votes (8.95 percentage points), carrying 26 counties to 38 for McCain-Palin. General Election Details Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
The 2008
Democratic National Convention was held at the Pepsi
Center in Denver on Aug. 25-28, 2008.
The 2008
Libertarian National Convention was held at the Sheraton Hotel (formerly the
Adam's Mark) in Denver
on May 22-26, 2008.
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Population*: 3,192,647. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.7%. Early voting at the early voters' polling place: Oct. 18-29, 2004. According to unofficial statistics reported by county clerks and recorders 51,529 provisional ballots were cast, of which 39,086 were counted and 12,443 rejected. Registration: Rep. 1,125,374 (36.13%) Dem. 947,866 (30.43%) Unaff. 1,028,886 (33.03%) Others 12,440 (0.40%) ...Total 3,114,566. Registration Deadline: Oct. 4, 2004. |
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2004 Overview Democrats made a play for Colorado, and although the brothers Salazar picked up the open U.S. Senate and U.S. House seats, the Kerry-Edwards ticket fell short. Bush achieved a margin of 99,523 votes (4.67 percentage points). General Election Details Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04 |
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| Voting Eligible Population*: 3,026,316. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.5%. Early voting ran from Oct. 23, 2000 (15 days
before the election) to Nov. 3, 2000 (Friday before
the election). Registration: Rep. 1,022,019 (35.44%) Dem. 863,740 (29.95%) Lib. 4,378 (0.15%) Grn. 3,237 (0.11%) NLP 1,204 (0.04%) Unaff. 989,370 (34.31) ...Total 2,883,948. |
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2000
Overview Bush won Colorado with a margin of 145,521 votes (8.36 percentage points) and carried 50 of the state's 63 counties. In contrast to 1996, when Colorado experienced a dogfight in the presidential race, the Gore camp did not target the state, making for a quiet general election campaign. During the post-convention period Colorado only merited one visit each from the running mates. Ralph Nader made a couple of visits after the Greens convention in June (Sept. 8-10 and a final stop on Nov. 2), and his 5.25% proved to be one of his better showings. Down-ticket there were various initiative campaigns, and Colorado Democrats managed to wrest control of the State Senate from the GOP, for their only legislative chamber pick-up in the country. General Election Activity |
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