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1876–2024
Teller County, Colorado
Teller County·Colorado

Teller County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A mountain-country county where Republicans have dominated by wide margins for decades

18762024·38 elections
Teller County, Colorado · David Shankbone · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+35
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
24,825
2024 ACS
Most similar
Custer County
CO · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 16,338 votes cast
Trump · R+35
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−35.4%
5,06510,85616,338
2020R
−35.2%
5,27811,24116,939
2016R
−42.5%
3,6039,74514,444
2012R
−32.4%
4,3338,70213,473
2008R
−28.1%
4,5138,14612,906
2004R
−38.3%
3,5568,09411,842
2000R
−37.8%
2,7506,4779,847
1996R
−27.9%
2,3124,4587,695
1992R
−17.0%
1,8733,0506,914
1988R
−38.3%
1,6563,7605,500
1984R
−53.0%
1,0433,4604,562
1980R
−44.6%
8022,4573,707
1976R
−16.8%
9861,4102,521
1972R
−44.3%
5351,4402,044
1968R
−23.1%
4037221,378
1964D
+8.5%
6855771,264
1960R
−7.5%
6227231,349
1956R
−32.8%
4949771,471
1952R
−28.8%
5721,0421,631
1948D
+2.0%
7797481,547
1944R
−1.3%
8088291,650
1940D
+24.2%
2,0841,2683,372
1936D
+41.8%
2,3499403,368
1932D
+31.4%
1,5347522,489
1928R
−6.5%
1,0371,1842,275
1924R
−26.3%
5921,2832,630
1920R
−20.2%
1,0101,5522,681
1916D
+33.4%
3,5151,6935,461
1912D
+40.5%
3,0276765,809
1908D
+15.8%
4,1923,0147,451
1904R
−11.9%
4,3985,59510,080
1900D
+33.8%
9,6594,73814,575
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
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
Other Christian
13.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.4%
Methodist
1.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Mainline Protestant
1.3%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Baptist
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Teller County, anchored by Cripple Creek in Colorado's high country, has recorded Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles, making it one of the state's most reliably right-leaning counties despite Colorado trending Democratic statewide.

The Republican margin in Teller County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was thirty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Teller County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $85,361, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 24,825 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 Custer County and Clermont County.