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1876–2024
Grand County, Colorado
Grand County·Colorado

Grand County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

Mountain-resort county where ski towns and ranching valleys split the vote almost evenly

18762024·38 elections
Grand County, Colorado · Jeffrey Beall · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+1
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
15,895
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grand Traverse County
MI · similarity 0.98
12 precincts · 9,884 votes cast
Trump · R+1
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−0.8%
4,7434,8229,884
2020R
−1.8%
4,7094,8839,869
2016R
−13.2%
3,3584,4948,588
2012R
−7.0%
3,6844,2538,187
2008R
−1.1%
4,0374,1288,308
2004R
−13.4%
3,2434,2607,609
2000R
−19.9%
2,3083,5706,353
1996R
−5.2%
2,0122,2644,890
1992R
−1.7%
1,6781,7634,918
1988R
−22.3%
1,4512,3063,838
1984R
−46.9%
1,0172,8653,940
1980R
−37.7%
8202,1333,481
1976R
−28.8%
9101,7032,757
1972R
−42.1%
6851,7212,461
1968R
−42.4%
4331,1671,732
1964D
+5.1%
9028141,724
1960R
−25.4%
6571,1041,763
1956R
−42.8%
4961,2391,737
1952R
−41.1%
5541,3331,895
1948R
−0.9%
7637771,562
1944R
−27.2%
5549681,524
1940R
−10.8%
8631,0741,946
1936D
+8.4%
8467141,568
1932D
+12.4%
7715981,395
1928R
−25.7%
4517701,239
1924R
−29.7%
3086811,254
1920R
−7.8%
5536491,236
1916D
+24.2%
6243781,017
1912D
+26.9%
507248962
1908R
−4.1%
4875291,031
1904R
−27.8%
266475752
1900D
+3.1%
182171355
1896D
+90.2%
25112265
1892R
−43.7%
0104238
1888R
−31.6%
83162250
1884R
−17.5%
174249428
1880R
−16.0%
87121212
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
10.2%
Baptist
7.2%
Other Christian
5.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 73.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grand County's mix of resort workers in Winter Park and agricultural communities along the Fraser River compresses presidential margins to near-zero, making it one of Colorado's most closely contested rural counties.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached ninety points in 1896; the Republican margin reached forty-seven points in 1984. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Grand County's demographics — a population of 15,895, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,612 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grand Traverse County and Garfield County.