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1876–2024
Lake County, Colorado
Lake County·Colorado

Lake County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

High-altitude mining legacy shapes one of Colorado's bluer small counties

18762024·38 elections
Lake County, Colorado · Daniel Schwen · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+16
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,380
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clatsop County
OR · similarity 0.99
6 precincts · 3,913 votes cast
Harris · D+16
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+16.4%
2,1991,5573,913
2020D
+20.3%
2,3031,4973,961
2016D
+10.8%
1,6161,2703,199
2012D
+24.4%
1,8391,0983,040
2008D
+26.0%
1,8591,0783,002
2004D
+12.3%
1,6231,2612,949
2000D
+9.1%
1,2961,0562,628
1996D
+24.9%
1,3387282,450
1992D
+28.1%
1,4266052,923
1988D
+21.5%
1,5169692,543
1984R
−1.5%
1,3241,3642,747
1980R
−5.4%
1,2131,3753,025
1976R
−0.8%
1,5491,5753,279
1972R
−10.1%
1,2631,5562,899
1968D
+18.2%
1,5501,0252,887
1964D
+55.1%
2,3626813,051
1960D
+31.7%
1,8429542,803
1956R
−2.8%
1,3551,4332,793
1952D
+9.7%
1,5851,3032,897
1948D
+29.7%
1,5818382,502
1944D
+15.4%
1,6871,2362,937
1940D
+19.0%
2,0631,4033,481
1936D
+53.0%
2,1466502,823
1932D
+27.7%
1,4368012,296
1928D
+18.6%
1,4499902,469
1924R
−16.8%
6131,0052,337
1920R
−12.2%
9921,2872,421
1916D
+43.1%
2,6729933,900
1912D
+22.9%
1,9339664,214
1908D
+15.3%
2,6521,9184,786
1904R
−1.5%
2,9363,0266,043
1900D
+32.4%
4,7552,3857,315
1896D
+92.3%
6,5182556,787
1892R
−30.7%
01,0033,269
1888R
−9.1%
2,4132,9015,371
1884R
−12.3%
2,6613,4166,153
1880D
+4.9%
4,1973,8018,140
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
25.4%
Other Christian
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lake County, home to Leadville at nearly 10,200 feet, carries a union-inflected political tradition from its hard-rock mining past. Its roughly 7,800 residents returned a double-digit Democratic margin in 2024, bucking the rural Colorado trend.

The Democratic margin in Lake County reached its widest at ninety-two points in 1896. The margin in 2024 was sixteen points — still decisive.

Lake County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $96,575, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,380 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clatsop County and Presidio County.