Lake County, Colorado
Precinct data
Results by precinct
12 precincts · 3,913 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -704133003704133003 | 459 | 273 | 34 | 766 | 59.9% | 35.6% | D+24.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -704133001704133001 | 371 | 332 | 28 | 731 | 50.8% | 45.4% | D+5.3 |
| Precinct -704133006704133006 | 382 | 316 | 27 | 725 | 52.7% | 43.6% | D+9.1 |
| Precinct -704133004704133004 | 420 | 270 | 28 | 718 | 58.5% | 37.6% | D+20.9 |
| Precinct -704133005704133005 | 334 | 200 | 24 | 558 | 59.9% | 35.8% | D+24.0 |
| Precinct -704133002704133002 | 233 | 166 | 16 | 415 | 56.1% | 40.0% | D+16.1 |
| Lake 108_0806533001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake 208_0806533002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake 308_0806533003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake 408_0806533004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake 508_0806533005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lake 608_0806533006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1880–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1880 | +4.9% |
| 1884 | −12.3% |
| 1888 | −9.1% |
| 1892 | −30.7% |
| 1896 | +92.3% |
| 1900 | +32.4% |
| 1904 | −1.5% |
| 1908 | +15.3% |
| 1912 | +22.9% |
| 1916 | +43.1% |
| 1920 | −12.2% |
| 1924 | −16.8% |
| 1928 | +18.6% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +53.0% |
| 1940 | +19.0% |
| 1944 | +15.4% |
| 1948 | +29.7% |
| 1952 | +9.7% |
| 1956 | −2.8% |
| 1960 | +31.7% |
| 1964 | +55.1% |
| 1968 | +18.2% |
| 1972 | −10.1% |
| 1976 | −0.8% |
| 1980 | −5.4% |
| 1984 | −1.5% |
| 1988 | +21.5% |
| 1992 | +28.1% |
| 1996 | +24.9% |
| 2000 | +9.1% |
| 2004 | +12.3% |
| 2008 | +26.0% |
| 2012 | +24.4% |
| 2016 | +10.8% |
| 2020 | +20.3% |
| 2024 | +16.4% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | D | 60.5%1,812 | 35.6%1,067 | 2,995 |
| 2020 | D | 58.1%2,297 | 38.2%1,511 | 3,954 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.5 points.
| Year | Total registered | Democratic | Republican | Unaffiliated | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5,617 | 2,377 | 1,071 | 2,036 | 133 |
| 2018 | 5,401 | 2,109 | 1,012 | 2,143 | 137 |
| 2020 | 5,963 | 2,091 | 1,051 | 2,661 | 160 |
| 2022 | 6,209 | 1,987 | 1,005 | 3,062 | 155 |
| 2024 | 6,471 | 1,881 | 983 | 3,406 | 201 |
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+26 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +294 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $63,623 in average income, against $73,629 for residents who stayed — 14% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+29.0 on average — 13 points more Democratic-leaning than Lake County, CO itself (D+16.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Summit County, CO41D+37.2
- Eagle County, CO30D+24.4
- Jefferson County, CO21D+19.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Summit County, CO26
- Chaffee County, CO25
- Jefferson County, CO20
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +18 |
| 2012 | −114 |
| 2013 | −22 |
| 2014 | +24 |
| 2015 | +85 |
| 2016 | +117 |
| 2017 | +125 |
| 2018 | +29 |
| 2019 | +220 |
| 2021 | −34 |
| 2022 | −100 |
| 2023 | −35 |
| 2024 | −45 |
| 2025 | +26 |
Lake County, home to Leadville at nearly 10,200 feet, carries a union-inflected political tradition from its hard-rock mining past. Its roughly 7,800 residents returned a double-digit Democratic margin in 2024, bucking the rural Colorado trend.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 30.7 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.4 points.
A population of 7,380, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $96,575 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Eagle County and Hood River County.
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Lake County, Colorado. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/08065/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.