By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
The first daily release of returned ballot-count from the office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold indicates Democrats have a 3.6% edge over Republicans in ballots returned.
Democrats have returned 200,905 of the 630,782 ballots, or about 31.9%. Republicans, who make up about 28.0% of registrations, have cast 178,383 ballots, or about 28.3% of ballots returned. Democratic voters comprise about 26.1% of all voters statewide and Republicans comprise about 23.3%, meaning Democratic voters have voted at a rate outperforming registrations by 5.8% and Republicans by a rate outperforming registrations by about 5%. Unaffiliated voters, which account for 48.5% of all registrations, have underperformed with 39.6% of ballots cast.
The secretary of state’s office maintains a ballot-count report each day through Election Day, with the first report released Wednesday, Oct. 23.
The report details 3,979,568 voters are registered and active, as of the first release.
Gender and age of voter is also compiled by the report. As is typical in Colorado, more men registered as Republican have returned ballots and more women registered as Democrats have returned ballots. Registered Republicans lead Democrats in ballot count in the age 75 and above and 55-64 demographics. Democrats lead in all other demographics.
Following is a glance at the top 10 counties in terms of ballots returned:
Jefferson – 80,441
El Paso – 78,085
Arapahoe – 61,830
Douglas – 55,441
Denver – 52,198
Larimer – 46,160
Boulder – 42,593
Adams – 38,100
Weld – 32,134
Mesa – 23,434