Colorado’s political map is looking more and more blue. The 2020 election continued the decades-long shift toward Democrats in Colorado, led by voters in suburban counties and punctuated by huge turnout in the party’s strongholds of Denver and Boulder. “Colorado is officially blue. Not purple, not periwinkle, not powder blue,” says Steve Welchert, a veteran […]
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More Coloradans than ever voted this year, and the state’s turnout ranks in the top 5 nationwide
Empowered by mail ballots and energized by the nation’s polarized political climate, more Coloradans voted this year than ever before in the state’s history. More than 3.3 million ballots had been processed by state election officials through Thursday and the tally is expected to grow as remaining ballots are processed and counted. That represents 78% […]
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Colorado’s surging early-vote turnout is a strong sign for Democrats
More than half of all registered voters in Colorado had already voted by 3 p.m. Thursday, and some say by the time all the ballots are counted, the remarkably high turnout from 2016 will likely be eclipsed. This year’s early-vote numbers show higher turnout than in 2016 among both political parties. Unaffiliated voters have cast […]
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Colorado’s final election 2018 results are even worse for Republicans
The unofficial final election report from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office shows even worse news for Republicans than initially thought. Democrat Jared Polis defeated Republican Walker Stapleton in the governor’s race by 10.7 percentage points, well above the 7-point margin touted on election night. The late boost in Democratic votes was expected because the […]