Grand Junction, 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: Mesa 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 Grand Junction, 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+22.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+24.3
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.2 points.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Grand Junction, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
117,094
22,634
50,110
42,220
2,130
2018
121,113
21,982
49,453
47,498
2,180
2020
120,210
20,327
48,008
49,505
2,370
2022
124,868
17,775
46,252
58,254
2,587
2024
131,373
17,355
46,340
64,382
3,296
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,638 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +13,235 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Grand Junction, CO in Grand Junction, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+252
2012
−319
2013
−558
2014
−361
2015
+621
2016
+1,472
2017
+1,385
2018
+1,629
2019
+1,150
2021
+1,844
2022
+1,528
2023
+1,336
2024
+1,618
2025
+1,638
Perched on the Western Slope far from Denver's urban core, Grand Junction consistently posts some of the widest Republican margins in Colorado, driven by energy-sector employment and a rural-leaning population that has resisted the state's broader Democratic shift.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.2 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 46.0 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.3 points.
A population of 158,601, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,658 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Montrose, CO and Salina, KS.
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How did Grand Junction, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Junction, CO, Colorado voted Republican by 24.3 points (R+24.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 91,620 votes cast, 33,573 went Democratic and 55,839 went Republican.
When did Grand Junction, CO, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Junction, CO, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Grand Junction, CO, Colorado has a population of 158,601 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado is $73,658 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Grand Junction, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
