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
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
Analysis of the ballots cast in the 2026 primary election reveals the diversity of the electorate.
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
What does Colorado's historically dry winter portend for fire season?
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.
A few relevant data points about Kiros's victory in CO-01.
Some observations about the June 30 primary elections in Colorado
A few things that I'll be watching as election results come in next week.
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 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
This post will provide an update based on the latest campaign finance disclosure filings for the major candidates for the race for governor in Colorado. Others have covered the total amounts raised by each candidate. My analysis will center on what we might be able to learn from the past
This post explores the impact of rising gas prices on Colorado households.
public opinion
Coloradans oppose data centers by a margin of more than three-to-one according to a new survey from the Colorado Polling Institute.
redistricting
The Trump administration's pressure on Republican-led states for mid-cycle redistricting plans that advantage the GOP has opened the debate within Colorado about the possibility of responding in kind. This post will explore what a 2027 redistricting effort – should it pass – might realistically accomplish in Colorado. While
partisanship
Colorado has trended toward the Democratic Party even as the rest of the country is moving in the other direction. This post puts Colorado into the national context.
partisanship
The gender gap in partisan affiliation has shrunk somewhat over the past 20 years. Women remain more likely than men to identify or lean toward the Democratic Party than men.
partisanship
Partisanship and political outcomes in the U.S. have become increasingly linked to levels of educational attainment. This post unpacks the diploma divide within Colorado using individual-level survey data.
partisanship
Over the past 20 years, Democrats have gained a substantial advantage among the general public in Colorado. This is in stark contrast to the way Democratic identification has been trending in the rest of the country. Two decades ago, the share of Coloradans who identified or leaned toward the Republican
turnout
Voting is the most fundamental form of political activity in the United States, and Colorado has consistently ranked among the highest turnout states in the country. Colorado also has a more accessible system than the average state. Since the move to all-mail voting in 2013, Colorado regularly ranks among
campaign finance
In the last pair of posts, I’ve looked at the donor coalitions of the Democratic and Republican candidates for the 2026 gubernatorial race in Colorado. Of course, there are more races in 2026 than just the contest at the top of the ballot. In this post, I'll
campaign finance
In my last post, I analyzed the patterns of campaign contributions to the leading Democratic candidates for governor in Colorado. This time, we'll look at the Republicans. For more on the invisible primary, see the discussion in that post. The 2026 Republican candidates The frontrunners for the Republican
campaign finance
The first votes to decide the nominations in the 2026 gubernatorial election in Colorado won’t be cast for nearly five months, but the likely candidates have been busy for months already securing endorsements and campaign donations for their races for the governor’s mansion. This is sometimes called the
There has been a great deal of digital ink spilled over the past few decades about political polarization. Often these pieces take the form of a detached observer wringing their hands over the state of politics in the country and wishing for a return to an (often imaginary) day when