Montezuma leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Montezuma typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Montezuma, ~37% vote Democratic, ~26% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Montezuma compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Montezuma leans more Democratic than 14 of 26 neighbors.
Montezuma runs about 8 points more Democratic than Colorado as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Montezuma. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+27) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+12), a spread of about 39 points.
Why Montezuma 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 Montezuma, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 53% of adults in Montezuma hold a bachelor's degree, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 28%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 56% of adults in Montezuma have never been married, in the top fraction of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Montezuma, CO sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Montezuma looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Montezuma have completed high school, about 7 points above the Colorado average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Keystone, CO D+22
- Dillon, CO D+23
- Silver Plume, CO D+19
- Breckenridge, CO D+24
- Grant, CO R+14
- Lawson, CO D+20
- Frisco, CO D+21
- Georgetown, CO D+19
- Silverthorne, CO D+24
- Blue River, CO D+18
Cities with Similar Populations
- Garrison, UT R+80
- Gilchrist, TX R+61
- Lobelia, WV R+49
- West Hartford, VT D+32
- Jodie, WV R+59
- Maple Lake, WV R+55
- Blue Grass, VA R+44
- Grace City, ND R+57
- Martinsville, KY R+67
- Woodbine, IL 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.