- Lead
- 6,539
- Total
- 13,465
- vs nation
- R+47.1
Fort Morgan, CO
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 5,717
- Total
- 13,744
- vs nation
- R+46.1
- Lead
- 4,994
- Total
- 11,960
- vs nation
- R+43.8
- Lead
- 2,690
- Total
- 10,777
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 2,459
- Total
- 10,234
- vs nation
- R+31.3
- Lead
- 3,748
- Total
- 9,936
- vs nation
- R+35.3
- Lead
- 2,837
- Total
- 8,998
- vs nation
- R+32.0
- Lead
- 1,210
- Total
- 8,707
- vs nation
- R+22.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 29,5202024 5-year
- Population density
- 23 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,281 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,2782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 38.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.0 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Hobbs, NM · twin score 84.3
presidential history
Party record book
Fort Morgan, CO · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
72.9%
602 votes · D+47.3
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 58.5%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
76.1%
4,197 votes · R+53.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 73.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
4,271votes
56.8% of the vote · D+13.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 3,912 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,830votes
73.0% of the vote · R+48.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 9,593 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
+53.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.3 · U.S. R+6.1
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +17.3 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+49.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+47.6 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +47.1 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 26 points more Republican than the rolls.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,172 | 3,298 | 6,947 | 5,718 | 209 |
| 2018 | 17,090 | 3,225 | 7,129 | 6,477 | 259 |
| 2020 | 18,509 | 3,270 | 7,572 | 7,345 | 322 |
| 2022 | 19,456 | 3,089 | 7,444 | 8,559 | 364 |
| 2024 | 20,688 | 2,896 | 7,558 | 9,714 | 520 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−248 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,525 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −141 |
| 2012 | −431 |
| 2013 | −281 |
| 2014 | −398 |
| 2015 | −174 |
| 2016 | −336 |
| 2017 | −157 |
| 2018 | +70 |
| 2019 | −70 |
| 2021 | −235 |
| 2022 | −10 |
| 2023 | −68 |
| 2024 | −46 |
| 2025 | −248 |
Fort Morgan, CO sits in the Rocky Mountain West. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 54.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 48.6 points.
A population of 29,520, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,278 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hobbs, NM and Winnemucca, NV.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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