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1876–2024
Summit County, Colorado
Summit County·Colorado

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

A high-altitude resort county among Colorado's most Democratic-leaning

18762024·38 elections
Summit County, Colorado · David Shankbone · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+37
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
31,017
2024 ACS
Most similar
Douglas County
KS · similarity 0.99
20 precincts · 17,545 votes cast
Harris · D+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+37.2%
11,7625,24417,545
2020D
+39.5%
12,6205,31918,465
2016D
+27.6%
9,5575,10016,174
2012D
+24.7%
9,3475,57115,312
2008D
+33.0%
9,8024,88314,899
2004D
+20.2%
8,1445,37013,735
2000D
+7.3%
5,3044,49711,068
1996D
+8.4%
3,9703,2618,419
1992D
+13.0%
3,3442,2568,370
1988R
−5.3%
2,5952,8935,624
1984R
−33.9%
1,5883,2534,918
1980R
−17.0%
1,2852,0274,355
1976R
−23.5%
1,0871,8263,140
1972R
−20.5%
7071,0821,833
1968R
−25.2%
301536934
1964D
+16.8%
483344828
1960R
−2.9%
400424827
1956R
−29.2%
235429664
1952R
−23.9%
271442714
1948D
+12.7%
378292675
1944R
−15.7%
237326566
1940D
+6.0%
5404791,024
1936D
+29.6%
496268769
1932D
+26.9%
397224644
1928R
−8.2%
306362681
1924R
−15.2%
241354745
1920R
−3.6%
388418830
1916D
+44.0%
7172681,020
1912D
+43.6%
600179965
1908D
+33.0%
7433661,144
1904D
+0.7%
5695611,165
1900D
+41.6%
9673941,378
1896D
+95.4%
1,243281,273
1892R
−25.6%
02791,090
1888R
−11.4%
5577011,260
1884R
−4.5%
5566091,173
1880D
+1.5%
1,3281,2892,641
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
18.8%
Other Christian
8.5%
Methodist
1.8%
Baptist
1.2%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Summit County's economy revolves around ski resorts and outdoor tourism, drawing a highly educated, transient workforce that has pushed its presidential margins well above the state's already-blue average — 37 points Democratic in 2024.

The Democratic margin in Summit County reached its widest at ninety-five points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was thirty-seven points — still decisive.

Summit County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $109,773, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 31,017 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 Douglas County and Hood River County.