Editing Colorado (section)

====Politics====
{{Main|Politics of Colorado}}

{{See also|Political party strength in Colorado|United States presidential elections in Colorado}}
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! colspan="6" | Colorado registered voters {{as of|2025|January|1|lc=y|df=US}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/VoterRegNumbers/2025/JanuaryStatistics20250203.xlsx |title= January 2025 Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation |access-date=February 17, 2025 |website=Colorado Secretary of State}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" | Party
! Number of voters
! Percentage
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}
| [[Independent politician (United States)|Unaffiliated]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,968,318
| style="text-align:center;" | 48.59%
|-
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (United States)}}
| [[Colorado Democratic Party|Democratic]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1,045,526
| style="text-align:center;" | 25.81%
|-
| {{party color cell|Republican Party (United States)}}
| [[Colorado Republican Party|Republican]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 943,267
| style="text-align:center;" | 23.28%
|-
| {{party color cell|Libertarian Party (United States)}}
| [[Libertarian Party of Colorado|Libertarian]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 37,119
| style="text-align:center;" |0.92%
|-
| {{party color cell|Constitution Party (United States)}}
| [[American Constitution Party (Colorado)|American Constitution]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 11,605
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.29%
|-
| {{party color cell|Green Party (United States)}}
| [[Green Party of Colorado|Green]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8,639
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.21%
|-
| {{party color cell|Approval Voting Party}}
| [[Approval Voting Party|Approval Voting]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 4,990
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.12%
|-
| {{party color cell|Unity Party of America}}
| [[Unity Party of America|Unity]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3,101
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.08%
|-
| {{party color cell|No Labels}}
| [[No Labels]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 24,665
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.61%
|-
| {{party color cell|Colorado Center Party}}
| [[Colorado Center Party|Center]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3,539
| style="text-align:center;" | 0.09%
|-
! colspan="2" | Total
! style="text-align:center;" | 4,051,074
! style="text-align:center;" | 100.00%
|}

Colorado was once considered a [[swing state]], but has become a relatively safe [[Red states and blue states|blue state]] in both state and federal elections since the late 2010s. In presidential elections, it had not been won until [[2020 United States presidential election in Colorado|2020]] by double digits since [[1984 United States presidential election in Colorado|1984]] and has backed the winning candidate in 9 of the last 11 elections. Coloradans have elected 17 [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] and 12 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] to the governorship in the last 100 years.

In presidential politics, Colorado was considered a reliably Republican state during the post-World War II era, voting for the Democratic candidate only in 1948, 1964, and 1992. However, it became a competitive swing state in the 1990s. Since the mid-2000s, it has swung heavily to the Democrats, voting for [[Barack Obama]] in 2008 and 2012, [[Hillary Clinton]] in 2016, [[Joe Biden]] in 2020, and [[Kamala Harris]] in 2024.

Colorado politics exhibits a contrast between conservative cities such as Colorado Springs and Grand Junction, and liberal cities such as Boulder and Denver. Democrats are strongest in [[Denver Metropolitan Area|metropolitan Denver]], the college towns of [[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]] and [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder]], southern Colorado (including Pueblo), and several western ski resort counties. The Republicans are strongest in the Eastern Plains, Colorado Springs, Greeley, and far Western Colorado near Grand Junction.

Colorado is represented by two members of the [[United States Senate]]:
* [[Classes of United States Senators#Class 2|Class 2]], [[John Hickenlooper]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 2021
* [[Classes of United States Senators#Class 3|Class 3]], [[Michael Bennet]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 2009

Colorado is represented by eight members of the [[United States House of Representatives]]:
* [[Colorado's 1st congressional district|1st district]]: [[Diana DeGette]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 1997
* [[Colorado's 2nd congressional district|2nd district]]: [[Joe Neguse]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 2019
* [[Colorado's 3rd congressional district|3rd district]]: [[Jeff Hurd (politician)|Jeff Hurd]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]), since 2025
* [[Colorado's 4th congressional district|4th district]]: [[Lauren Boebert]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]), since 2021
* [[Colorado's 5th congressional district|5th district]]: [[Jeff Crank]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]), since 2025
* [[Colorado's 6th congressional district|6th district]]: [[Jason Crow]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 2019
* [[Colorado's 7th congressional district|7th district]]: [[Brittany Pettersen]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]), since 2023
* [[Colorado's 8th congressional district|8th district]]: [[Gabe Evans]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]), since 2025

In a 2020 study, Colorado was ranked as the seventh easiest state for citizens to vote in.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=J. Pomante II |first1=Michael |last2=Li |first2=Quan |title=Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020 |journal=Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy |date=15 Dec 2020 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=503–509 |doi=10.1089/elj.2020.0666 |s2cid=225139517 |doi-access=free }}</ref>