2024 United States presidential election in Colorado

The 2024 United States presidential election in Colorado is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Colorado voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Colorado has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state gained a seat.^[1]

A Mountain West state that was formerly Republican leaning, no Republican has won Colorado by double digits at the presidential level since Ronald Reagan in his 1984 landslide re-election victory. Colorado was consistently competitive at the presidential level from the late 1980s going through the 2010s, including Hillary Clinton narrowly winning the state by 4.9% in 2016. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden carried the state and became the first presidential candidate to win Colorado by a double-digit margin since Reagan. The last Republican to win the Centennial State’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in his 2004 re-election victory, which he won by a margin of 4.67%. Since then, the state has shifted substantially to the left. Today, Colorado is a slightly-to-moderately blue state,^[2] with Democrats winning the state in every presidential election starting in 2008, and occupying every statewide office since 2023, but recent polls for 2024 have indicated a tighter race for the state.

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden was running for re-election to a second term, but withdrew from the race on July 21,^[3]^[4] and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.^[5]

^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
^ Barabak, Mark Z. (March 21, 2023). "Column: From red bastion to blue bulwark: What political shift in Colorado and West means for U.S." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
^ Levine, Sam; Gambino, Lauren (July 22, 2024). "Joe Biden withdraws from presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[1] Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.

[2] Barabak, Mark Z. (March 21, 2023). "Column: From red bastion to blue bulwark: What political shift in Colorado and West means for U.S." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 3, 2024.

[3] Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.

[4] Levine, Sam; Gambino, Lauren (July 22, 2024). "Joe Biden withdraws from presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

[BidenPull-5] "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

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