- Lead
- 28,778
- Total
- 58,685
- vs nation
- R+47.6
Colorado 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 27,381
- Total
- 54,859
- vs nation
- R+54.4
- Lead
- 25,327
- Total
- 46,172
- vs nation
- R+56.9
- Lead
- 21,949
- Total
- 42,407
- vs nation
- R+55.6
- Lead
- 19,011
- Total
- 39,607
- vs nation
- R+55.3
- Lead
- 21,454
- Total
- 36,913
- vs nation
- R+55.7
- Lead
- 16,668
- Total
- 30,812
- vs nation
- R+54.6
- Lead
- 11,762
- Total
- 26,122
- vs nation
- R+53.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+49.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 88,6502024 5-year
- Population density
- 8.0 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 11,028 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $108,8152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 13.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+24.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.5 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 11, GA · twin score 93.4
presidential history
Party record book
Colorado 56th 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
61.2%
1,986 votes · D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 53.7%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
82.8%
18,881 votes · R+66.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 78.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
14,329votes
24.4% of the vote · R+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,087 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
43,107votes
73.5% of the vote · R+49.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 40,468 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
+30.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +9.8 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+59.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +56.9 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+49, this district ranks among the state's most politically homogeneous, suggesting a rural or exurban electorate where statewide competitive races rarely materialize.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 66.5 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.0 points.
A population of 88,650, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $108,815 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 11 and State House District 9.
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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