COLORADO 8 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Colorado Secretary of State)
Total Population, April 1, 2000 4,301,261
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 3,067,000 % change from '96  +8.1
Total Registration, Nov. 2000 2,883,948
Rep. 1,022,019 (35.44%)   Dem. 863,740 (29.95%)   Lib. 4,378 (0.15%)   Grn. 3,237 (0.11%)   NLP 1,204 (0.04%)  Unaff. 989,370 (34.31).
Colorado has: 63 counties.
Five largest counties: Jefferson, Denver, El Paso, Arapahoe, Adams.
Five largest cities: Denver, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins.

Government
Governor: Bill Owens (R) elected Nov. 1998.
State Legislature: Colorado General Assembly   House: 25D, 40R  Senate: 15D, 20R
Local: Counties, Cities...   NACO Counties
U.S. House 4R, 2D  - 1. D.DeGette (D) | 2. M.Udall (D) | 3. S.McInnis (R) | 4. R.Schaffer (R) | 5. J.Hefley (R) | 6. T.Tancredo (R). 
U.S. Senate: Wayne Allard (R) faces re-election in 2002, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) re-elected 1998. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature:  All 65 House seats and 18 of 35 Senate seats were up.  Democrats took control of the Senate by a one-vote margin and picked up two House seats.  House: 27D, 38R  Senate: 18D, 17R.
U.S. House:  All congresspersons were re-elected.

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General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.).............691,848 (45.80)
Clinton (Dem.)........671,152 (44.43)
Perot (Ref.)..............99,629
(6.59)
Nader (Grn.).............25,070
(1.66)
Others (9)................23,005
(1.52)
Total........1,510,704

1992
Clinton (Dem.)........629,681 (40.13)
Bush (Rep.)............562,850 (35.87)
Perot (Ind.).............366,010 (23.32)
Others (2+w/ins).......10,639
(0.68)
Total........1,569,180

Results
2000
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
883,748
 (50.75)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
738,227
(42.39)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
12,799
(0.73)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
2,240
(0.13)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
91,434
(5.25)
Phillips/Frazier (Am.C.)
1,319
(0.08)
Buchanan/Foster (Un/Fr.)
10,465
 (0.60)
Dodge/Watkins (Prohib.)
208
(0.01)
Harris/Trowe (SWC)
216
(0.01)
McReynolds/Hollis (SP)
712
 (0.04)
Total........1,741,368

Early voting ran from Oct. 23, 2000 (15 days before the election) to Nov. 3, 2000 (Friday before the election).

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 56.78%.  (U.S. avg: 53.76%).

 Overview
Bush won Colorado with a plurality of 145,521 votes (8.36 percentage points) and carried 50 of the state's 63 counties. In contrast to 1996, when Colorado experienced a dogfight in the presidential race, the Gore camp did not target the state, making for a quiet general election campaign. During the post-convention period Colorado only merited one visit each from the running mates.  Ralph Nader made a couple of visits after the Greens convention in June (Sept. 8-10 and a final stop on Nov. 2), and his 5.25% proved to be one of his better showings.  Down-ticket there were various initiative campaigns, and Colorado Democrats managed to wrest control of the State Senate from the GOP, for their only legislative chamber pick-up in the country.
General Election Activity

(State Primary on Tuesday, August 8, 2000)
Presidential Primary Election:  Friday, March 10, 2000

Republican Primary
Total Vote Percent
Gary Bauer 1,190 0.7%
+George W. Bush 116,897 64.7%
Steve Forbes 1,197 0.7%
Orrin G. Hatch
504
0.3%
Alan Keyes 11,871 6.6%
John McCain
48,996
27.1%
Total 180,655
24.1% of 749,484 active registered voters cast ballots.
Total Delegates
40 of 2,066 (1.9%).
 
Democratic Primary
Total Vote Percent
Bill Bradley 20,663 23.3%
+Al Gore 63,384 71.4%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
821
0.9%
Non-committed
3,867
4.4%
Total 88,735
14.8% of 597,958 active registered voters cast ballots.
Total Pledged Delegates
51 of 3,537 (1.4%).
Total Delegates
61 of 4,335 (1.4%).

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.
 

Recent Electoral History (General Elections)
1998 U.S. Senate Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) 829,370 62.49
Dottie Lamm (D) 464,754 35.02
Others (L, AC, NL, 2 others) 33,111 2.49
Total 1,327,235
1998 Governor Owens/Rogers (R) 648,202 49.06
Schoettler/Buescher (D) 639,905 48.43
Others (L, AC) 33,200 2.51
Total 1,321,307
1996 U.S. President  Bob Dole (R) 691,848 45.80
Bill Clinton (R) 671,152 44.43
Ross Perot (REF) 99,629 6.59
Others (10) 48,075 3.18
Total 1,510,704
1996 U.S. Senate Wayne Allard (R) 750,325 51.06
Tom Strickland (D) 677,600 46.11
Other (NL)  41,620 2.83
Total 1,469,611
1994 Governor Roy Romer (D) 619,205 55.5
Bruce Benson (R) 432,042 38.7
Other 65,060 5.8
  Total 1,116,307
1992 U.S. President Bill Clinton (D) 629,681 40.13
George Bush (R) 562,850 35.87
Ross Perot  (I) 366,010 23.32
Total 1,569,180
1992 U.S. Senate Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) 803,725 51.78
Terry Considine (R) 662,893       42.70
Others (4)  85,671 5.51
Total 1,552,289
Copyright 1998, 1999  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.