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1876–2024
Grand Junction-Montrose·Colorado

Grand Junction-Montrose peaked at D+68; 2024 delivered R+26.

Western Slope's high-desert energy corridor leans heavily Republican

1876 — 2024·38 elections
CO
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
202,408
2024 ACS

Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado: Populist market. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+68 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+26MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
PopulistAkashic typology
Population
202,4082024 5-year
Median household income
$73,3252024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+68 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+46 in 1980MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 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
R
−26.1%
41,92772,543117,246
R
−29.8%
39,22073,658115,535
R
−37.4%
27,19564,16198,840
R
−33.3%
29,98461,02493,077
R
−29.6%
30,50356,77788,784
R
−36.4%
24,34052,75778,104
R
−33.9%
19,50641,66265,269
R
−17.6%
21,13331,49158,851
R
−7.4%
18,87523,01655,790
R
−21.3%
18,12028,16247,148
R
−40.9%
12,80230,89844,247
R
−45.9%
9,78129,37142,716
R
−30.3%
11,97122,76235,672
R
−40.0%
8,22820,09829,672
R
−11.0%
11,16914,29228,383
D
+20.6%
16,72510,99527,791
R
−17.6%
11,93317,05529,057
R
−25.5%
10,02816,92327,030
R
−28.7%
8,92016,16225,216
D
+9.3%
10,9459,05920,301
R
−2.5%
9,1289,60518,835
R
−0.4%
10,70710,79321,767
D
+27.3%
10,7625,90217,824
D
+16.9%
9,1986,38016,665
R
−34.1%
4,5209,31914,073
R
−18.6%
3,6276,13013,435
R
−10.5%
4,6605,84611,329
D
+29.6%
6,9653,53811,574
O
+22.5%
4,2111,60711,576
D
+0.4%
4,2854,2429,877
R
−22.1%
2,4774,0897,294
D
+19.2%
3,0061,9755,368
D
+67.8%
3,7226514,530
O
−39.5%
08302,100
R
−10.6%
7609521,809
R
−15.8%
5597731,357
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
20.7%
English
15.1%
Irish
11.7%
Italian
5.0%
American
4.1%
Scottish
3.3%
French
2.0%
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: 42.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.0%
85+
1.4%
3.0%
75–84
3.6%
6.3%
65–74
6.9%
6.3%
55–64
6.9%
5.6%
45–54
5.6%
6.6%
35–44
6.3%
6.1%
25–34
5.8%
4.3%
18–24
3.9%
8.0%
5–17
7.5%
2.5%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$73,325
Grand Junction-Montrose ranks near the middle of US counties.
Grand Junction-Montrose$73,325
Colorado$95,470
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.9%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1812.2%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.6%
speak English only
Spanish6.8%
Other Indo-European1.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
19.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Baptist
1.4%
Methodist
0.8%
Non-Christian
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

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.

The Democratic margin in Grand Junction-Montrose peaked at sixty-eight points in 1896. By 1968 the market had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the market's modern history.

The economic context is the key. The median household income of $73,325 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/dma/773/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado voted Republican by 26.1 points (R+26), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 117,246 votes cast, 41,927 went Democratic and 72,543 went Republican.
What is Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado as a "Populist" market based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the market has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 2 times.
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 38 presidential elections in Grand Junction-Montrose, Colorado from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The market's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.