- Lead
- 906
- Total
- 27,385
- vs nation
- R+1.8
Colorado 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,548
- Total
- 29,814
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 768
- Total
- 27,835
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 3,635
- Total
- 24,657
- vs nation
- D+10.9
- Lead
- 4,161
- Total
- 22,758
- vs nation
- D+11.0
- Lead
- 104
- Total
- 18,014
- vs nation
- D+3.0
- Lead
- 775
- Total
- 13,499
- vs nation
- D+5.2
- Lead
- 1,763
- Total
- 11,667
- vs nation
- D+6.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 87,4532024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,785 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 31.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,8042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 49.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+80.8 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+27.5 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 31, CO · twin score 90.2
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 50th 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
88.8%
1,381 votes · D+80.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 71.5%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
56.0%
2,183 votes · R+13.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 55.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,103votes
50.7% of the vote · D+5.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 13,709 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
13,726votes
50.1% of the vote · R+3.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 13,555 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
+86.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+80.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +45.4 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+29.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+27.5 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +4.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Colorado 50th State House District sits in the Rocky Mountain West. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 27.5 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.3 points.
A population of 87,453, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,804 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 31 and State House District 38.
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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