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State Senate District 27·Colorado

Colorado 27th State Senate District delivered D+20 in 2024 — Democratic for the long memory.

One of Colorado's most reliably conservative legislative districts

20082024·5 elections
CO
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
165,396
2024 ACS

Colorado 27th State Senate District, Colorado: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+20%. Democratic peak: D+24 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+20MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
165,3962024 5-year
Median household income
$101,8362024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
59.5%2024 5-year
Black
10.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
21.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+24 in 2020MIT Election Lab
2 counties · 1 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+19.6%
47,81631,78881,968
D
+24.1%
53,42532,24387,989
D
+13.6%
39,92329,58276,058
D
+9.4%
38,39631,70171,600
D
+12.4%
37,00028,69866,712

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
15.5%
English
11.0%
Irish
10.3%
Italian
4.0%
American
3.1%
French
2.1%
Scottish
2.1%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
76.8%
speak English only
Spanish12.6%
Other Indo-European3.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander3.5%
Other languages3.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
14.4%
Other Christian
11.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.3%
Non-Christian
2.6%
Baptist
1.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Methodist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored in the rural eastern plains and southern Front Range foothills, this district delivered a 36-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it among the widest gaps in the state's upper chamber.

The Democratic margin in Colorado 27th State Senate District reached its widest at twenty-four points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was twenty points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $101,836, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 165,396 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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State Senate District 27, Colorado — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/sld-upper/08027/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 27, Colorado vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 27, Colorado voted Democratic by 19.6 points (D+20), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 81,968 votes cast, 47,816 went Democratic and 31,788 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 27, Colorado's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 27, Colorado as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 5 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 0 times, and other 0 times.
How many people live in State Senate District 27, Colorado?
State Senate District 27, Colorado has a population of 165,396 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 27, Colorado?
Median household income in State Senate District 27, Colorado is $101,836 — above the national median of $80,734. The Colorado state median is $95,470.
What is the political history of State Senate District 27, Colorado?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in State Senate District 27, Colorado from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.