- Lead
- 18,543
- Total
- 55,644
- vs nation
- D+34.8
Colorado 52nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 16,919
- Total
- 57,695
- vs nation
- D+24.9
- Lead
- 7,602
- Total
- 49,936
- vs nation
- D+13.1
- Lead
- 7,718
- Total
- 45,852
- vs nation
- D+13.0
- Lead
- 8,798
- Total
- 42,488
- vs nation
- D+13.4
- Lead
- 2,310
- Total
- 36,862
- vs nation
- D+8.7
- Lead
- 998
- Total
- 29,518
- vs nation
- R+3.9
- Lead
- 1,324
- Total
- 24,605
- vs nation
- R+3.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 90,6582024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,164 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 41.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $101,8552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.8 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 23, CO · twin score 95.5
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 52nd 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
80.1%
1,001 votes · D+65.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 65.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
67.1%
3,219 votes · R+35.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 66.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
36,399votes
63.1% of the vote · D+29.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 36,300 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
19,480votes
33.8% of the vote · D+29.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 18,623 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
+71.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+65.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +34.8 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+38.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.8 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +27.2 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 | 59.8%31,021 | 40.2%20,886 | 51,907 |
| 2020 | D | 56.1%29,087 | 43.9%22,776 | 51,863 |
Anchored in a heavily urbanized corridor, this district delivered a 33.3-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most lopsided state house constituencies in Colorado's legislative map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.8 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.3 points.
A population of 90,658, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,855 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 23 and State House District 24.
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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