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1876–2024
Grand Junction, CO·Colorado

Grand Junction, CO has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+24 in 2024.

Mesa County's oil-shale economy anchors one of Colorado's most reliably Republican metros

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
LatestR+24in 2024
TypologyRealigning Affluent Suburbcluster typology
Population158,6012024 ACS

Grand Junction, CO, Colorado: Realigning Affluent Suburb metro. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+64 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+24MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Realigning Affluent SuburbAkashic typology
Population
158,6012024 5-year
Median household income
$73,6582024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
15.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+64 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+46 in 1980MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Grand Junction, CO
TrumpR+24
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican60.9%55,839
Kamala HarrisDemocratic36.6%33,573
OtherAll other candidates2.4%2,208
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −24.3% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−24.3%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884−3.5%
1888−5.8%
1892−42.8%
1896+64.2%
1900+18.4%
1904−25.8%
1908−3.3%
1912+22.5%
1916+29.4%
1920−6.6%
1924−18.7%
1928−32.9%
1932+19.4%
1936+33.6%
1940+4.3%
1944+1.6%
1948+12.0%
1952−26.5%
1956−25.9%
1960−17.8%
1964+20.9%
1968−9.1%
1972−40.5%
1976−33.3%
1980−46.0%
1984−40.5%
1988−20.9%
1992−6.8%
1996−16.4%
2000−33.2%
2004−35.5%
2008−29.5%
2012−32.4%
2016−36.1%
2020−28.0%
2024−24.3%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−24.3%
33,57355,83991,620
R
−28.0%
31,53356,88890,613
R
−36.1%
21,72949,77977,654
R
−32.4%
23,84647,47272,947
R
−29.5%
24,00844,57869,631
R
−35.5%
19,56441,53961,885
R
−33.2%
15,46532,39651,054
R
−16.4%
17,11424,76146,612
R
−6.8%
15,16218,16944,067
R
−20.9%
14,37222,15037,155
R
−40.5%
9,93823,73634,074
R
−46.0%
7,54922,68632,916
R
−33.3%
8,80717,92427,390
R
−40.5%
6,35815,52722,613
R
−9.1%
8,77510,74521,671
D
+20.9%
12,7168,31721,082
R
−17.8%
9,07213,01522,132
R
−25.9%
7,56712,86920,496
R
−26.5%
6,88311,88318,845
D
+12.0%
8,4016,58615,185
D
+1.6%
6,8706,65313,598
D
+4.3%
7,6947,04914,912
D
+33.6%
7,8243,65412,399
D
+19.4%
6,6824,38811,807
R
−32.9%
3,2236,4469,802
R
−18.7%
2,3884,0538,902
R
−6.6%
3,1383,6217,271
D
+29.4%
4,3942,2237,395
O
+22.5%
2,7339767,824
R
−3.3%
2,8243,0496,795
R
−25.8%
1,5552,7834,761
D
+18.4%
1,9681,3173,534
D
+64.2%
2,3744692,966
O
−42.8%
05291,237
R
−5.8%
388440889
R
−3.5%
329353687
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
21.5%
English
15.2%
Irish
12.5%
Italian
5.1%
American
3.8%
Scottish
3.2%
French
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.3%
2.8%
75–84
3.3%
6.0%
65–74
6.7%
6.2%
55–64
6.8%
5.6%
45–54
5.6%
6.7%
35–44
6.4%
6.4%
25–34
6.2%
4.5%
18–24
4.1%
7.9%
5–17
7.6%
2.5%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,658
Grand Junction, CO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Grand Junction, CO$73,658
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.7%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.1%
Working age (18–64)10.4%
Seniors (65+)12.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.1%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
21.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.2%
Baptist
1.3%
Methodist
0.7%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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 sixty-four points in 1896 and a Republican high of forty-six points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-four points.

A population of 158,601, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,658 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Grand Junction, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Junction, CO, Colorado voted Republican by 24.3 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 91,620 votes cast, 33,573 went Democratic and 55,839 went Republican.
What is Grand Junction, CO, Colorado's political typology?
Akashic places Grand Junction, CO, Colorado in the "Realigning Affluent Suburb" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 25 times, and other 2 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Grand Junction, CO, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Realigning Affluent Suburb" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.