Sterling, 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: Logan 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 Sterling, 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+36.2
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+56.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 20 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Sterling, CO
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
13,279
2,191
6,559
4,356
173
2018
13,169
1,949
6,519
4,525
176
2020
13,434
1,765
6,725
4,752
192
2022
13,615
1,624
6,531
5,243
217
2024
14,183
1,475
6,613
5,820
275
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+10 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −856 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Sterling, CO in Sterling, CO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−186
2012
−256
2013
−260
2014
+245
2015
−24
2016
−19
2017
−118
2018
−88
2019
+115
2021
−107
2022
−168
2023
−122
2024
+122
2025
+10
Sterling anchors Logan County, a stretch of High Plains farm country where Republican presidential margins have consistently exceeded 40 points, reflecting the region's ranching economy and sparse, aging population.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.7 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 56.6 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.6 points.
A population of 20,892, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $51,829 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Scottsbluff, NE and Susanville, CA.
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In 2024, Sterling, CO, Colorado voted Republican by 56.6 points (R+56.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,166 votes cast, 2,098 went Democratic and 7,855 went Republican.
When did Sterling, CO, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Sterling, CO, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Sterling, CO, Colorado?
Sterling, CO, Colorado has a population of 20,892 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sterling, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Sterling, CO, Colorado is $51,829 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Sterling, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Sterling, CO, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.
