Colorado 2nd Congressional District (CO) — Elections 1876–2024

Colorado 2nd Congressional District, Colorado: Urban anchor district. In 2024, voted D+33%. Democratic peak: D+77 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+33MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Urban anchorAkashic typology
Population: 828,8842024 5-year
Median household income: $99,6952024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 79.4%2024 5-year
Black: 0.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 14.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+77 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+36 in 1956MIT Election Lab

NEGUSE, JosephCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: POLIS, Jared (2017–2019), POLIS, Jared (2015–2017), POLIS, Jared (2013–2015), POLIS, Jared (2011–2013)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

12 counties · 9 D · 3 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+33.3%	325,547	159,461	499,240
2020	D	+33.3%	334,258	163,763	511,308
2016	D	+24.2%	261,895	152,041	453,849
2012	D	+22.1%	254,046	160,154	425,312
2008	D	+27.0%	252,476	143,656	402,803
2004	D	+13.8%	204,850	154,529	364,662
2000	D	+0.5%	137,640	136,216	307,172
1996	D	+6.8%	121,737	104,128	257,782
1992	D	+13.5%	117,524	81,678	266,190
1988	R	−2.0%	106,380	110,739	221,004
1984	R	−23.9%	74,922	123,002	200,951
1980	R	−21.8%	52,984	91,924	178,507
1976	R	−17.3%	60,523	87,603	156,101
1972	R	−23.1%	49,044	79,514	131,693
1968	R	−24.5%	30,983	53,083	90,217
1964	D	+11.6%	42,661	33,734	76,828
1960	R	−25.4%	24,781	41,695	66,654
1956	R	−35.6%	17,832	37,664	55,705
1952	R	−34.9%	17,501	36,500	54,410
1948	R	−7.2%	21,236	24,589	46,886
1944	R	−18.9%	17,186	25,223	42,621
1940	R	−9.4%	22,771	27,561	50,740
1936	D	+13.7%	25,037	18,865	45,138
1932	D	+7.1%	21,527	18,560	41,821
1928	R	−33.9%	11,315	23,205	35,035
1924	R	−35.2%	7,735	18,860	31,565
1920	R	−23.4%	10,321	16,957	28,394
1916	D	+30.8%	18,716	9,558	29,714
1912	D	+19.5%	12,284	6,899	27,629
1908	D	+7.0%	15,438	13,296	30,670
1904	R	−17.4%	10,721	15,522	27,580
1900	D	+18.1%	14,008	9,581	24,457
1896	D	+76.8%	18,525	2,306	21,128
1892	O	−34.0%	0	4,127	12,132
1888	R	−19.6%	4,473	6,802	11,891
1884	R	−19.2%	4,065	6,178	11,027
1880	R	−16.2%	4,394	6,210	11,208
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	D	55.9%	41.3%	2,500,201
2020	D	53.5%	44.2%	3,235,790
2016	D	50.0%	44.3%	2,743,023
2014	R	46.3%	48.2%	2,041,058
2010	D	48.1%	46.4%	1,772,286
2008	D	52.8%	42.5%	2,331,621
2004	D	51.3%	46.5%	2,107,472
2002	R	45.8%	50.7%	1,416,082
1998	R	35.0%	62.5%	1,327,235
1996	R	45.7%	51.4%	1,459,601
1992	D	51.8%	42.7%	1,552,289
1990	R	41.7%	55.7%	1,022,027
1986	D	49.9%	48.4%	1,060,765
1984	R	34.6%	64.2%	1,297,809
1980	D	50.3%	48.7%	1,173,142
1978	R	40.3%	58.7%	819,256

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

German

20.8%

English

15.3%

Irish

12.3%

Italian

5.2%

American

3.4%

French

2.4%

Scottish

2.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.1%

75–84

2.5%

5.2%

65–74

5.4%

6.0%

55–64

6.1%

6.3%

45–54

5.8%

6.9%

35–44

6.4%

7.7%

25–34

6.6%

6.7%

18–24

6.5%

7.1%

5–17

6.7%

2.1%

2.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$99,695

Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 2$99,695

Colorado$95,470

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.5%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 187.8%

Working age (18–64)11.3%

Seniors (65+)8.5%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

88.0%

speak English only

Spanish7.5%

Other Indo-European2.5%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.6%

Other languages0.4%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

13.2%

Other Christian

12.7%

Mainline Protestant

3.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.6%

Non-Christian

1.5%

Baptist

0.8%

Methodist

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stretching from Boulder County through the ski-resort mountain towns, CO-2 delivered a 30-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024 — among the widest gaps of any competitive-state district in the West.

The Democratic margin in Colorado 2nd Congressional District has been steady. It reached its modern peak at seventy-seven points in 1896; the 2024 margin was thirty-three points, still in line with the district's long pattern.

Its political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $99,695, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, Colorado vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 2, Colorado voted Democratic by 33.3 points (D+33), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 499,240 votes cast, 325,547 went Democratic and 159,461 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 2, Colorado's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, Colorado as a "Urban anchor" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 19 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 2, Colorado last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, Colorado voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Congressional District 2, Colorado?

Congressional District 2, Colorado has a population of 828,884 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, Colorado?

Median household income in Congressional District 2, Colorado is $99,695 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.

What is the political history of Congressional District 2, Colorado?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 19 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Urban anchor" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Colorado 2nd Congressional District has voted Democratic by double digits in every cycle this century.

Key facts

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