Cañon City, CO · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Fremont County, Colorado. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Cañon City, CO, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2024R+25.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+38.4
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Cañon City, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
30,741
5,895
13,337
10,935
574
2018
31,703
5,692
13,521
11,891
599
2020
33,378
5,305
14,307
13,090
676
2022
34,530
4,963
13,759
15,117
691
2024
36,055
4,657
13,722
16,823
853
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+329 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,981 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Cañon City, CO in Cañon City, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+599
2012
−285
2013
−518
2014
−13
2015
+310
2016
+855
2017
+782
2018
+577
2019
+70
2021
+630
2022
+688
2023
+985
2024
−28
2025
+329
Cañon City anchors Fremont County, a rural Arkansas River corridor whose large correctional-employment base tilts its workforce and voting patterns toward patterns distinct from Colorado's suburban swing zones.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 72.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 44.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.4 points.
A population of 49,634, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,664 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Baker City, OR and Klamath Falls, OR.
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In 2024, Cañon City, CO, Colorado voted Republican by 38.4 points (R+38.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,470 votes cast, 7,526 went Democratic and 17,313 went Republican.
When did Cañon City, CO, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cañon City, CO, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Cañon City, CO, Colorado?
Cañon City, CO, Colorado has a population of 49,634 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cañon City, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Cañon City, CO, Colorado is $62,664 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Cañon City, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Cañon City, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
