Mount Vernon Club Place leans Democratic by roughly 24 points: about 62% of voters vote Democratic and 38% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Mount Vernon Club Place typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Vernon Club Place, ~54% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Vernon Club Place compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Vernon Club Place leans more Democratic than 56 of 77 neighbors.
Mount Vernon Club Place runs about 14 points more Democratic than Colorado as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Vernon Club Place. The southeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+36) and the northwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+2), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Mount Vernon Club Place 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 Mount Vernon Club Place, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 66% of adults in Mount Vernon Club Place hold a bachelor's degree, about 37 points above the U.S. average of 28%.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Mount Vernon Club Place, CO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Mount Vernon Club Place looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mount Vernon Club Place 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 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 90% of households in Mount Vernon Club Place own their home, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Mount Vernon Club Place have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Golden, CO D+29
- Kittredge, CO D+21
- Idledale, CO D+12
- Evergreen, CO D+21
- West Pleasant View, CO D+19
- Fairmount, CO D+9
- Indian Hills, CO D+6
- Applewood, CO D+24
- Brookvale, CO D+27
- Black Hawk, CO D+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- Kirkwood, DE D+29
- Noatak, AK D+24
- Flatrock, WV R+59
- Pecan Hill, TX R+44
- Elmore, MN R+46
- Osmond, NC R+32
- Heinola, MN R+44
- Moberly, KY R+50
- Clearview, TX R+62
- Branch, AR R+69
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.