Glen Echo, CO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Glen Echo

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Glen Echo leans slightly Republican by roughly 6 points: about 47% of voters vote Democratic and 53% Republican.

 

About 78% of adults in Glen Echo typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen Echo, ~37% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Glen Echo compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Glen Echo leans more Republican than 3 of 11 neighbors.

Glen Echo runs about 17 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Glen Echo is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Glen Echo. The northwest side runs the most Democratic (D+14) and the northeast side runs the most Republican (R+13), a spread of about 27 points.

Why Glen Echo 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 Glen Echo, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Glen Echo live in densely developed areas, about 34 points below the Colorado average of 35%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Glen Echo are family households, above 85% of cities. Glen Echo runs against the grain of Colorado, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Glen Echo, CO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Glen Echo looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Glen Echo is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 97% of households in Glen Echo own their home, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Glen Echo have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.