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1876–2024
El Paso County, Colorado
El Paso County·Colorado

El Paso County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Colorado's most populous county still tilts Republican by double digits

18762024·38 elections
El Paso County, Colorado · David Shankbone · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+10
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
742,999
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cumberland County
PA · similarity 1.00
324 precincts · 380,986 votes cast
Trump · R+10
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−9.8%
166,597203,933380,986
2020R
−10.8%
161,636202,560378,234
2016R
−22.3%
108,010179,228318,968
2012R
−20.4%
111,819170,952290,175
2008R
−18.8%
108,899160,318273,175
2004R
−34.6%
77,648161,361241,788
2000R
−33.1%
61,799128,294200,757
1996R
−26.9%
55,822102,403173,441
1992R
−24.1%
45,82786,044167,169
1988R
−41.1%
39,99596,965138,466
1984R
−51.1%
28,18588,377117,772
1980R
−37.2%
27,46366,199103,990
1976R
−20.9%
32,91150,92986,130
1972R
−41.9%
21,23453,89277,985
1968R
−18.2%
21,23232,06659,655
1964D
+7.8%
27,84423,82251,807
1960R
−30.0%
17,01831,62548,704
1956R
−18.0%
18,87927,28246,666
1952R
−38.3%
11,20325,27236,778
1948R
−12.0%
12,29115,70528,419
1944R
−16.7%
11,67916,39228,186
1940R
−11.4%
13,32016,76630,315
1936D
+17.0%
15,65210,96527,537
1932R
−2.7%
11,35312,01724,350
1928R
−51.8%
5,06916,24321,578
1924R
−33.1%
4,14010,21518,344
1920R
−29.4%
5,0739,53515,189
1916D
+7.4%
8,3817,15916,437
1912D
+18.2%
5,5592,81615,046
1908R
−13.5%
5,9958,02215,065
1904R
−27.9%
5,2819,58915,449
1900R
−10.6%
6,2307,75514,424
1896D
+47.1%
17,6726,24824,260
1892R
−47.4%
02,6575,607
1888R
−24.7%
1,2812,1643,572
1884R
−36.7%
5341,2091,840
1880R
−32.4%
5801,1511,761
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
4.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
18.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
16.6%
Baptist
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.6%
Methodist
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Fort Carson and the U.S. Air Force Academy, El Paso County's large active-duty and veteran population anchors a durable Republican lean even as Colorado's statewide margins have shifted toward Democrats over the past decade.

The Republican margin in El Paso County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was ten points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

El Paso County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $90,363, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 742,999 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cumberland County and Dorchester County.