Grand Junction-Montrose · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Grand Junction-Montrose, 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+23.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+26.1
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 3.1 points more Republican than the rolls.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
Voter registration in Grand Junction-Montrose
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2016
144,751
27,668
63,119
51,455
2,509
2018
149,928
26,868
62,619
57,830
2,611
2020
151,754
25,401
61,986
61,482
2,885
2022
158,505
22,209
60,010
73,125
3,161
2024
166,809
21,711
60,066
81,025
4,007
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+1,652 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +16,689 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Grand Junction-Montrose in Grand Junction-Montrose: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−119
2012
−570
2013
−717
2014
−394
2015
+624
2016
+2,074
2017
+1,999
2018
+2,069
2019
+1,693
2021
+2,417
2022
+2,198
2023
+1,745
2024
+2,018
2025
+1,652
Anchored by Mesa County, this oil-and-gas-dependent market consistently produces some of Colorado's widest Republican margins, making it a reliable counterweight to the Front Range in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.8 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 45.9 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.1 points.
A population of 202,408, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,325 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Casper-Riverton and Harrisonburg.
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How did Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado voted Republican by 26.1 points (R+26.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 117,246 votes cast, 41,927 went Democratic and 72,543 went Republican.
When did Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado?
Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado has a population of 202,408 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado?
Median household income in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado is $73,325 — below the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 24 went Republican.
