$1 Billion on Ping Pong: What Colorado’s Sports Betting Data Reveals
Coloradans have wagered more than a billion dollars on table tennis since the legalization of online sports betting, but that is only a small part of the story.
Housing affordability in Colorado
Colorado has one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. A recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition ranked Colorado among the least affordable housing markets in the country. This was an issue that came up over and over in my recent review of state legislative
How Colorado Politicians are Talking About the Issues
Democrats and Republicans running for the state legislature are presenting themselves in very different ways. They talk about different issues and they talk about those issues in very different ways. Political campaigns are the key connective tissue between candidates and Coloradans. In this post, I'll review some data
Cast Vote Records in the 2026 Democratic Primary in Denver
Analysis of the ballots cast in the 2026 primary election reveals the diversity of the electorate.
Rising temperatures in Colorado over the last 75 years
In my last post, I (perhaps unadvisedly) wandered out of my comfort zone and into some climatological data in the form of snowpack data over the past 40 years in Colorado. While I wait on some official election data to come in, I've got another dataset in the
Preparing for a long, fiery summer
What does Colorado's historically dry winter portend for fire season?
On the risk of reading too much into election results
Just as it was a mistake to read too much into Trump's 2024 victory, it is a mistake to try to read too much into a handful of Democratic primary contests.
Understanding Kiros's victory in CO-01
A few relevant data points about Kiros's victory in CO-01.
Colorado's 2026 primary
Some observations about the June 30 primary elections in Colorado
What to watch for in the 2026 primary elections
A few things that I'll be watching as election results come in next week.
Traffic violence in Colorado, 2005-2024
Hundreds of people die every year on Colorado's roads. In many ways, Colorado is typical of the national epidemic of traffic violence. This post discusses some of the important trends and compares Colorado to the rest of the country.
The 2026 State Legislative Session by the Numbers
The second regular session of the 75th General Assembly wrapped up in mid-May. This was the last regular session under Jared Polis's tenure as governor. As others have reported, the 2026 regular session was conducted under the cloud of the budget shortfall which constrained much of what