Democratic ballot returns driving strong Colorado primary turnout, early data shows
With a ballot full of competitive primary races for state and federal office, Colorado Democrats are on track to turn out for a June primary election at their highest numbers in years.
More than 327,000 Democratic primary ballots had been processed by county clerks across Colorado as of Friday, according to data released by the secretary of state’s office. Just under two-thirds of those ballots were returned by registered Democrats, while the remainder — 113,173 ballots — were cast by unaffiliated voters. Another 81,156 unaffiliated ballots remained to be processed.
Overall, Coloradans of all parties had returned 639,014 ballots by Friday morning, making up nearly 16% of all active voters in the state.
The early data shows a big rebound from Colorado’s dismal turnout numbers in the 2024 primary election — significantly more voters had cast ballots as of Friday than at the same point two years ago, despite the fact that presidential election years typically see much higher rates of voter participation. The low number of primary votes in 2024 preceded Colorado’s worst presidential election turnout in decades.
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