Joes is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Joes typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Joes, ~10% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Joes compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Joes leans more Republican than 1 of 7 neighbors.
Joes runs about 82 points more Republican than Colorado as a whole. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Joes is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Joes. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+79) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+69), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Joes 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 Joes, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Joes votes against the grain of Colorado. Colorado leans Democratic overall, while Joes runs about 82 points more Republican. Rural areas vote Republican, and Joes sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 93% of cities).
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Joes, CO does.
Why turnout in Joes looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Joes have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Joes sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kirk, CO R+70
- Cope, CO R+79
- Arickaree, CO R+80
- Idalia, CO R+74
- Vona, CO R+71
- Stratton, CO R+71
- Seibert, CO R+73
- Anton, CO R+78
- Bethune, CO R+71
- Vernon, CO R+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Aimwell, LA R+95
- Abell, MD R+42
- Crackertown, FL R+62
- Gipsy, MO R+64
- Welty, OK R+69
- Sunnydell, ID R+70
- Williamson, IL R+46
- Valverda, LA R+51
- Deep Valley, WV R+62
- Muse, OK R+71
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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.