Fort Lupton leans Republican by roughly 22 points: about 39% of voters vote Democratic and 61% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Fort Lupton typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fort Lupton, ~23% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Fort Lupton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Fort Lupton leans more Republican than 31 of 49 neighbors.
Fort Lupton runs about 33 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Fort Lupton is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fort Lupton. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+44) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+13), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Fort Lupton leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Fort Lupton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Fort Lupton votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 45%, modestly above the Colorado average of 35%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Fort Lupton are family households, above 88% of cities. Fort Lupton runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a never-married-heavy adult population and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Fort Lupton, CO does.
Why turnout in Fort Lupton looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Fort Lupton is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Fort Lupton rent, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Wattenberg, CO R+30
- Ione, CO R+47
- Vollmar, CO R+43
- Lochbuie, CO R+21
- Todd Creek, CO R+30
- Dacono, CO R+16
- Frederick, CO R+21
- Brighton, CO R+5
- Firestone, CO R+19
- Hudson, CO R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- Manchester, VA D+29
- Roy, WA R+32
- Upper Grand Lagoon, FL R+40
- Evanston, WY R+55
- Gold Canyon, AZ R+30
- Vermillion, SD D+11
- Jericho, NY D+5
- Accokeek, MD D+69
- Globe, AZ R+33
- Byhalia, MS R+32
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Colorado Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.