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1876–2024
Gunnison County, Colorado
Gunnison County·Colorado

Gunnison County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

A mountain-resort county that leans heavily Democratic by Colorado standards

18762024·38 elections
Gunnison County, Colorado · The Greater Southwestern Exploration Company from Long Beach, California, United States · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+29
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,241
2024 ACS
Most similar
St. Louis County
MO · similarity 0.99
15 precincts · 10,942 votes cast
Harris · D+29
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+29.2%
6,8873,68910,942
2020D
+31.0%
6,9763,59910,887
2016D
+19.5%
5,1283,2899,412
2012D
+19.6%
5,0443,3418,667
2008D
+27.3%
5,5563,1318,870
2004D
+15.5%
4,7823,4798,420
2000R
−1.0%
3,0593,1287,236
1996D
+9.7%
2,8122,2306,021
1992D
+12.6%
2,3891,6625,759
1988R
−13.8%
1,8972,5204,523
1984R
−36.4%
1,4243,1004,605
1980R
−29.4%
1,2972,7564,970
1976R
−31.8%
1,2502,5684,150
1972R
−29.8%
1,1872,2313,508
1968R
−22.5%
8661,4112,425
1964D
+26.1%
1,5409032,443
1960R
−10.8%
1,0441,2962,343
1956R
−24.7%
8461,4002,247
1952R
−18.9%
1,0451,5332,578
1948D
+8.9%
1,3261,1032,494
1944D
+7.2%
1,4111,2212,637
1940D
+6.4%
1,7711,5563,351
1936D
+37.4%
2,1799783,215
1932D
+28.2%
1,8079852,916
1928R
−12.2%
1,1351,4562,637
1924R
−20.9%
5981,1222,510
1920R
−1.5%
1,0221,0552,223
1916D
+35.5%
1,6187362,482
1912D
+28.4%
1,2065532,301
1908D
+23.5%
1,4818892,515
1904R
−3.2%
1,2601,3482,714
1900D
+24.1%
1,5599452,553
1896D
+87.1%
2,2681502,431
1892R
−38.7%
05881,519
1888R
−17.7%
6179041,622
1884R
−10.3%
1,0091,2452,297
1880D
+2.3%
1,0601,0122,079
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.4%
African American
1.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
12.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.8%
Other Christian
8.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gunnison's economy revolves around skiing and outdoor recreation, drawing a younger, college-educated population that has pushed its presidential margins well above the state's Democratic baseline — D+29.2 in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Gunnison County reached its widest at eighty-seven points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was twenty-nine points — still decisive.

Gunnison County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $84,527, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,241 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 St. Louis County and Routt County.