- Lead
- 20,272
- Total
- 61,306
- vs nation
- D+34.5
Colorado 49th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 21,203
- Total
- 64,643
- vs nation
- D+28.3
- Lead
- 15,203
- Total
- 59,428
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 14,120
- Total
- 56,169
- vs nation
- D+21.3
- Lead
- 16,022
- Total
- 53,757
- vs nation
- D+22.5
- Lead
- 8,785
- Total
- 49,271
- vs nation
- D+20.3
- Lead
- 1,875
- Total
- 40,836
- vs nation
- D+4.1
- Lead
- 3,384
- Total
- 33,980
- vs nation
- D+1.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,4672024 5-year
- Population density
- 25 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,406 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $119,4612024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+84.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.3 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 47, MI · twin score 89.0
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 49th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1880) · 37 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1896
91.4%
7,063 votes · D+84.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 67.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
68.0%
5,185 votes · R+36.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 67.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
42,226votes
65.3% of the vote · D+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 39,948 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
21,023votes
32.5% of the vote · D+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 20,485 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
William J. Bryan1896
+90.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+84.4 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +34.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+29.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.3 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · +25.5 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 | 68.1%33,931 | 31.9%15,885 | 49,816 |
| 2020 | D | 65.6%33,863 | 34.4%17,728 | 51,591 |
Colorado House District 49 is one of the state's closest competitive districts, with the 2024 presidential margin landing under one point. Its electoral behavior reflects a suburban electorate that resists easy partisan categorization.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 84.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.3 points in 1952. The 2024 margin was 33.1 points.
A population of 86,467, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $119,461 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 47 and State House District 12.
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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Colorado 49th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/08049/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.