Colorado Politics

An island of Trump amid a sea of Clinton in Denver

A tip of the hat to Denverite reporter Megan Arellano for digging up this fun factoid from the Mile High City’s political landscape: Only one precinct in all of Democratic Party-dominated Denver tilted toward Republican Donald Trump on Nov. 8.

The distinction goes to precinct 132, with a population of 1,661, on the very southwestern edge of the City and County of Denver. A simple majority, 55 percent, of those who voted in the precinct punched their ballots for Trump-Pence. The precinct is in an area that typically complements the city’s overwhelmingly blue electorate with a redoubt of reddish-or, at least, pale-blue-Republican-leaning voters. And 132 also abuts Arapahoe County as well as the separately incorporated town of Bow Mar. Which is to say it is only tenuously connected to Denver, geographically as well as politically.

Some demographic insights Arellano included in her report:

Most of them, 77.97 percent, are white, but 16.13 percent of the area is Hispanic

The median age in the area is mid-40s. More than 26 percent of the population is over 65.

The average household income in the area was $86,173.29 for the survey period and the average family income was higher.

The most common level of educational attainment was a bachelor’s degree or higher, followed by some college. Collectively, they are about 2/3 of the population.

It amounts to a profile of Trump voters that in some ways runs counter to conventional political wisdom.

Meanwhile, the rest of Denver performed as anticipated on Election Day. Writes Arellano:

Citywide, (Hillary) Clinton got nearly 4 times as many votes as Trump did and in many precincts, more than 70 percent of voters chose her.



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