- Lead
- 25,881
- Total
- 44,058
- vs nation
- D+60.2
Colorado 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 30,185
- Total
- 45,840
- vs nation
- D+61.4
- Lead
- 20,938
- Total
- 34,862
- vs nation
- D+58.0
- Lead
- 17,569
- Total
- 31,406
- vs nation
- D+52.1
- Lead
- 16,692
- Total
- 28,175
- vs nation
- D+52.0
- Lead
- 11,829
- Total
- 24,485
- vs nation
- D+50.8
- Lead
- 7,805
- Total
- 20,410
- vs nation
- D+37.7
- Lead
- 7,800
- Total
- 20,220
- vs nation
- D+30.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+58.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,5132024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,654 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $98,8592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 33.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65.8 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.7 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 4, CO · twin score 99.1
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1904–2024 · 31 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
81.6%
37,407 votes · D+65.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 78.8%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
61.1%
5,305 votes · R+41.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 58.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
37,407votes
81.6% of the vote · D+65.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 34,326 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
10,847votes
48.8% of the vote · R+1.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 10,811 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
Joe Biden2020
+61.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+65.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +60.2 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
+16.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.7 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +1.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Colorado House District 5 has posted double-digit Democratic margins in recent cycles, reflecting the dense, diverse urban population concentrated in northeast Denver neighborhoods where renter households and younger residents make up a substantial share of the electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.8 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 41.7 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 58.7 points.
A population of 86,513, a 54% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,859 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 4 and State House District 8.
The state-house districts 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.
District research tools
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