- Lead
- 37,285
- Total
- 50,235
- vs nation
- D+75.7
Colorado 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 41,984
- Total
- 54,091
- vs nation
- D+73.2
- Lead
- 34,533
- Total
- 47,027
- vs nation
- D+71.3
- Lead
- 30,079
- Total
- 42,107
- vs nation
- D+67.6
- Lead
- 28,163
- Total
- 37,951
- vs nation
- D+66.9
- Lead
- 21,602
- Total
- 31,956
- vs nation
- D+70.1
- Lead
- 15,129
- Total
- 26,343
- vs nation
- D+56.9
- Lead
- 14,786
- Total
- 25,738
- vs nation
- D+48.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+74.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 90,8772024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,223 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $112,4602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 18.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.6 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.4 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 44, OR · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 8th 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
87.9%
47,532 votes · D+77.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 86.6%
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
52.4%
4,562 votes · R+23.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 45.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
47,532votes
87.9% of the vote · D+77.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 43,068 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
9,261votes
36.2% of the vote · D+25.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 9,201 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
Kamala Harris2024
+75.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +73.2 pts
Republican
Calvin Coolidge1924
−1.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+23.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · −25.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 78.0%33,220 | 22.0%9,343 | 42,563 |
With a D+74.2 presidential margin in 2024, this Denver-area district ranks among the most heavily one-sided state house seats in Colorado, leaving general elections largely uncontested and placing real influence in primary outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.6 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 23.4 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 74.2 points.
A population of 90,877, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $112,460 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 44 and State House District 6.
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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