Durango, 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: La Plata 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 Durango, 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 · 2024D+1.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.6
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Democratic than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Durango, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
44,784
14,493
13,433
15,812
1,046
2018
46,397
14,252
13,019
18,075
1,051
2020
49,173
14,540
13,079
20,460
1,094
2022
51,047
12,694
12,149
25,138
1,066
2024
52,814
12,433
11,694
27,579
1,108
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−25 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,103 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Durango, CO in Durango, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+144
2012
+372
2013
+723
2014
+252
2015
+597
2016
+449
2017
+104
2018
+610
2019
−169
2021
+457
2022
+377
2023
−187
2024
+399
2025
−25
Durango anchors La Plata County, a rare Front Range–adjacent market where a large Native American population, Fort Lewis College enrollment, and tourism-dependent industries combine to produce competitive margins in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 36.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.6 points.
A population of 56,331, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $86,056 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson, WY-ID and Rifle, CO.
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In 2024, Durango, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 18.6 points (D+18.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 35,692 votes cast, 20,677 went Democratic and 14,024 went Republican.
When did Durango, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Durango, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2000.
How many people live in Durango, CO, Colorado?
Durango, CO, Colorado has a population of 56,331 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Durango, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Durango, CO, Colorado is $86,056 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Durango, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Durango, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 17 went Republican.
