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1876–2024
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO·Colorado

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO changed direction in the last decade — D+18 in 2024.

Colorado's Front Range college corridor where margins have tightened each cycle

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
Latest
D+18
in 2024
Archetype
Recent convert
since the recent cycles
Population
367,368
2024 ACS

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado: Recent convert metro. In 2024, voted D+18%. Democratic peak: D+61 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Recent convertAkashic typology
Population
367,3682024 5-year
Median household income
$93,7652024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
82.4%2024 5-year
Black
1.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
12.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+61 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+47 in 1924MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 1 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+17.6%
129,37689,680225,654
D
+15.4%
126,11791,488224,333
D
+4.9%
93,11383,430195,981
D
+5.8%
92,74782,376180,180
D
+9.7%
89,82273,641166,373
R
−5.2%
68,26675,884146,436
R
−13.8%
46,05562,429118,537
R
−5.1%
40,96545,93597,450
D
+2.2%
38,23235,99599,660
R
−12.4%
35,70345,96783,066
R
−34.7%
23,89649,88374,848
R
−29.9%
17,07236,24064,129
R
−24.8%
19,00532,16952,983
R
−32.5%
13,73127,46242,234
R
−31.3%
9,15218,43829,676
D
+4.6%
12,77611,63624,585
R
−34.9%
7,55015,67123,255
R
−43.7%
5,61214,36420,015
R
−46.4%
5,26614,48419,860
R
−16.2%
7,0629,81317,029
R
−31.3%
5,1729,91415,144
R
−25.0%
6,40210,72017,248
D
+1.8%
7,5217,24315,221
R
−3.9%
6,4947,04014,118
R
−43.3%
3,2038,21311,578
R
−46.6%
1,9706,5389,809
R
−32.6%
2,7085,4878,528
D
+25.3%
4,8682,7978,183
O
+9.3%
2,5971,9327,161
R
−9.8%
3,6294,4898,786
R
−31.3%
2,0704,1386,606
D
+2.2%
2,4562,3435,111
D
+60.7%
3,1957344,053
O
−43.0%
09752,265
R
−24.4%
7691,3222,267
R
−20.5%
6441,0381,922
R
−21.3%
3886461,213
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
25.3%
English
16.7%
Irish
12.8%
Italian
5.5%
American
3.9%
Scottish
3.8%
French
3.0%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
2.2%
75–84
2.6%
5.1%
65–74
5.6%
5.4%
55–64
5.9%
5.7%
45–54
5.3%
6.7%
35–44
6.3%
7.7%
25–34
7.0%
7.1%
18–24
7.1%
7.1%
5–17
6.9%
2.2%
<5
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$93,765
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO ranks near the middle of US counties.
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$93,765
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.2%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.2%
Working age (18–64)12.3%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish5.5%
Other Indo-European1.7%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%
Other languages0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
15.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.0%
Mainline Protestant
4.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Baptist
1.1%
Methodist
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Colorado State University, the Fort Collins-Loveland metro blends a large student and faculty population with a substantial blue-collar and agricultural base, producing competitive margins that have gradually shifted toward Democratic candidates over the past decade.

The 2008 election was the turning point, when the Democratic candidate carried the metro by ten points. The 2024 margin was eighteen points, in line with the metro's new direction.

The demographics suggest why. A population of 367,368, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,765 situate the metro in the broader realignment patterns of recent cycles.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/22660/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado voted Democratic by 17.6 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 225,654 votes cast, 129,376 went Democratic and 89,680 went Republican.
What is Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado as a "Recent convert" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 24 times, and other 2 times.
When did Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado voted Republican was 2004.
How many people live in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado?
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado has a population of 367,368 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado?
Median household income in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado is $93,765 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Fort Collins-Loveland, CO, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 24 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Recent convert" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.